Lewis Swift discovered NGC 6949 = Sw. V-91 on 20 Sep 1886 and noted "eF; pS; iR." His position is at the northeast edge of UGC 11600.
400/500mm - 17.5" (8/13/88): faint, small, oval WNW-ESE, even surface brightness except for a very faint stellar nucleus.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb