Auguste Voigt discovered NGC 6759 = Sw. V-89 in 1865 with the 31-inch silvered glass reflector at Marseille Observatory. Lewis Swift independently discovered this galaxy on 16 Mar 1886 and recorded "vF; S; R: vF D* close sp." His position is fairly accurate. Voigt's 7 discoveries at Marseille were not published until 1987 so Swift was credited with the discovery in the NGC. Herbert Howe, observing with the 20-inch refractor in Denver in 1899-00, commented "the "vF D* close sp" noted by Swift is of mags 11.5-12.5, and distance 15"."

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/20/90): faint, very small, round, even surface brightness. Two extremely faint 16th magnitude stars are involved at the south edge and two mag 13/14 stars are 1' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb