William Herschel discovered NGC 679 = H III-175 on 13 Sep 1784 (sweep 271) and simply noted "stellar." His position is 17 tsec east and 1' south of UGC 1283 = PGC 6711.

300/350mm - 13.1" (9/22/84): moderately bright, round, small bright core.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/19/87): moderately bright, fairly small, round, broad concentration, in AGC 262.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb