John Herschel discovered NGC 6925 = h3834 on 31 Jul 1834 and recorded "B; mE; pslbM; 2 1/2' l, 40" br." His mean position (3 observations) is accurate.

Harold Corwin suggests that Lewis Swift's XII-20 (later IC 5015), found on 18 Aug 1897, may be a duplicate observation. He feels Swift's description "pB, pS, R, nearly bet 2 st with dist. companion" is a reasonable fit, though the position is poor (typical for those made in 1897). But I would be surprised if Swift called this galaxy "pretty small" as well as "round", and his position is well off in both RA (6 minutes of time) and Dec (17'), so I've listed it as not found.

200/250mm - 8" (7/16/82): very faint, elongated SW-NE.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/5/91): moderately bright, fairly large, edge-on 4:1 SSW-NNE, 3.0'x0.8', thin long arms extend from the core. A mag 13 star is at the north tip 1.4' from center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb