Andrew Cooper
Dec 27, 2002    Sentinel, AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Large, rich cluster, moderately bright with most members resolved. Oblong to irregular in shape, rich galactic star field fills the frame

Captain William Henry Smyth
Aug 26, 1835    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

An open cluster, on the Lady's leg, and nearly in mid-distance from ε towards γ. It is a gathering of large and small stars, with glimpses of star-dust of considerable extent, and irregular figure; but a few of the principal individuals assume a form not unlike that of an hour- glass. There is no particular compression or condensation of the stars to suggest the existence of a central force; yet the group is sufficiently separated to indicate its forming a peculiar system of its own. The mean apparent place was carefully differentiated from δ Cassiopeae.

― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844

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