Andrew Cooper
Aug 19, 2017    Oregon Star Party, OR (map)
14.5" f/4.5 Starmaster @ 61x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Small, 5' across, a distinct cluster in a rich starfield, fully resolved, a 7th magnitude star on the south margin, northermost in a line of three clusters with NGC663 30' southeast and NGC659 further south

Andrew Cooper
Sep 30, 2005    Gila, New Mexico (map)
90mm F/12 APO Violet Haze

A small patch of faint stars beside a much brighter 7.3 mag. star, somewhat resolved, the brighter members embedded in a nebulous glow, NGC663 visible 40' south

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

Bright, rich, concentrated, well resolved, many dim members among the spray of bright members, two much brighter stars on the south side, thick galactic star field

Captain William Henry Smyth
Sep 28, 1835    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A cluster of stars from the 10th to the 14th magnitudes, just below the Lady's right knee; and nearly in mid-distance between δ and ε. It is somewhat of a triangular shape, and about 2' or 3' in diameter; the hypotenuse is well defined by the three brightest stars in the field, of which the central one is orange-coloured, and of the 8½ magnitude [HD 10494 mag 7.3], perhaps Sir William Herschel's "ruddy": from analogy it is between us and the components of the cluster. This object was discovered and registered in November, 1787.

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

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