John Herschel discovered NGC 6867 = h3813 on 9 Jun 1836 and recorded "eeF; L; pmE." His position and description matches ESO 186-006.

600/800mm - 30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, fairly large, very elongated at least 4:1 NNW-SSE, 1.5'x0.35', tapers at the NNW and SSE tips, broad weak concentration. Nearly collinear with a mag 9.5 star 3.5' ENE and a mag 10.5 star 6.6' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb