Lewis Swift discovered NGC 6747 = Sw. V-88 on 31 Oct 1886 and recorded "eeeF; eee diff.; pB * nr sf; 3 vF course D st in line near nf point to it." His position is 1.9' northwest of CGCG 341-012 = PGC 62564, but his description is a perfect match." Howe claims he searched for this object in vain on two nights. I'm surprised he could not find it in the 20-inch refractor at Denver as Swift's position is not far off.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/9/88): very faint, very small, round, bright core. The galaxy is located SW of a 1.6' string of four mag 14 stars oriented SW-NE, the closest being 1.0' NE. A brighter mag 10 star is 3.1' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb