Ormond Stone discovered NGC 689 = LM 1-89 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. His rough position is 0.8 tmin west and 3' north of ESO 414-005 = PGC 6724.
400/500mm - 17.5" (11/6/93): very faint, small, round, broad concentration. A mag 14.5 star lies 1.5' SW.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb