John Herschel discovered NGC 6844 = h3801 on 22 Jun 1835 and recorded "eF; R; vS; psbM; has a * 11th mag 90" north-preceding, and one 8th mag 6' dist, south-following." His position is accurate.

600/800mm - 30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 4:3 N-S, ~50"x36", sharply concentrated with a very bright core that increases to a stellar nucleus. A collinear trio of mag 11.5/13/12.5 stars oriented E-W extends to the west beginning 1.5' WNW. Located 4.8' NW of mag 8.2 HD 189274.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb