Note: The single glow I noted is a merged pair (separation 8"), along with two superimpsed stars, all within a 0.4' clump.

Edward Swift, the 13 year-old son of Lewis Swift, discovered NGC 6825 = Sw. II-82 on 18 Sep 1884 and recorded "eF; vS; F * nr; v diff." The position is 15 sec of RA east of CGCG 324-001 = PGC 63535. Bigourdan measured an accurate micrometric position on 30 Aug 1889. Herbert Howe reported "The *F * nr" is of mag 10, and precedes the nebula 3 sec, 0.5' north. Two stars of mags 8.5 and 9 are about 5' south following."

NGC 6825 is classified as a multiple galaxy in NED and the DSS2 reveals four nearly stellar objects in a 12" circle, though one or more may be a faint star(s).

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/13/88): faint, small, oval NNW-SSE, small bright core. A mag 13.5 star is off the NNW edge 35" from center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb