Albert Marth discovered NGC 6906 = m 410 on 15 Aug 1863 and noted "pF, pL, R." His position is 1' north of UGC 11548 = PGC 64601. Harold Corwin notes that IC 5006, discovered by Hermann Kobold on 23 Sep 1895, and placed 3.3' east-northeast of NGC 6906, refers to a very close double star with a mag 14 star 20" northwest.

300/350mm - 13.1" (7/27/84): fairly faint, fairly small, very small bright core, diffuse outer halo, elongated SW-NE.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/20/87): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated SW-NE, small bright core. NGC 6901= IC 1316 lies 18' W. A mag 9.5 star lies 3.6' SW. UGC 11555, located 1.3° SSE, may be part of the same poor group.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb