John Herschel discovered NGC 6920 = h3829 on 21 Jul 1835 and recorded "pB; R; psmbM; 25"."

Pietro Baracchi observed this galaxy on 3 Oct 1885 with the 48" Melbourne telescope and wrote "pB, pS, psmbM to a star like nucleus - looks as if it had a very minute star in the center - no certainty about this star o- may be very likely only a sudden condensation."

600/800mm - 24" (4/12/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 200x, this far southern galaxy appeared moderately bright, fairly small, round, sharply concentrated with a very small intense core, 35" diameter. This is one of only 7 NGC galaxies south of -80° declination.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb