Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6200 (= GC 4228 = JH 3643, 1860 RA 16 33 50, NPD 137 11.8) is "a cluster (in Milky Way)".
Physical Information: Apparent size 15? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6201 (= GC 5826, Marth #314, 1860 RA 16 34 22, NPD 65 58) is "extremely faint, very small".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.4 by 0.3? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6202 (Swift list IV (#38), 1860 RA 16 34 32, NPD 27 45.5) is "most extremely faint, pretty small, star to east".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.8 by 0.4? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6203 (= GC 5827, Marth #315, 1860 RA 16 34 34, NPD 65 57) is "extremely faint, very small".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.6 by 0.6? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6204 (= GC 4229 = JH 3644, Dunlop 442, 1860 RA 16 36 07, NPD 136 45.6) is "a cluster, pretty rich, extremely irregularly compressed middle, stars from 11th to 12th magnitude".
Physical Information: Apparent size 6.0? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6205 (= GC 4230 = JH 1968, Halley 1714, M 13, 1860 RA 16 36 40, NPD 53 16.3) is "a very remarkable object, a globular cluster, extremely bright, very rich, very gradually extremely compressed middle, stars from 11th magnitude".
Physical Information: About 22 thousand light-years away, M13 contains about a million stars within its 150 light-year width. Apparent size 20 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6206 (Swift list V (#71), 1860 RA 16 37 25, NPD 31 07.1) is "pretty faint, extremely small, round, stellar, 3 very faint stars near". The second IC adds "Sw 5 = IC 1227, Bigourdan 210"; so the identity of the two entries has been known for more than a century.
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.7 by 0.7? arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6207 (= GC 4231 = JH 1969 = WH II 701, 1860 RA 16 38 06, NPD 52 54.1) is "pretty bright, pretty large, extended 45 , very gradually much brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 3.0 by 1.2? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6208 (= GC 4232 = JH 3646, Dunlop 364, 1860 RA 16 38 18, NPD 143 33.5) is "a cluster, large, rich, a little compressed middle, stars from 9th to 12th magnitude".
Physical Information: Apparent size 18? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6209 (= GC 4233 = JH 3645, 1860 RA 16 38 24, NPD 162 20.5) is "very faint, pretty large, very gradually a very little brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.0 by 1.6? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6210 (= GC 4234 = JH 1970, Struve 5, Lalande 30510, 1860 RA 16 38 38, NPD 65 56.2) is "a planetary nebula, very bright, very small, round, disc and border". The second IC states "Nucleus suspected of variability, Burnham, A.N. 4261".
Discovery Notes: Although Lalande made the earliest known observation of this object, his measurement was made for a star catalog and he didn't realize that it wasn't a star; so Struve is considered the "discoverer" of the NGC object. However, Lalande's position was exceptionally accurate and undoubtedly used by Dreyer in determining the position of the object.
PGC Designation Note: For purposes of completeness, LEDA assigned a PGC designation to this object even though it isn't a galaxy; but a search of the database for that designation returns no result, so it is shown in quotes.
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.35? arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6211 (Swift list VI (IX #63), 1860 RA 16 38 38, NPD 31 55.5) is "very faint, pretty small, round, southwestern of 2", the other being NGC 6213. The second IC lists a corrected RA (per Bigourdan) of 16 39 00.
Discovery Notes: This is one of several objects that were in a pre-publication version of Swift's list VI sent to Dreyer in 1887 that were inadvertently omitted from the published list. For most of them (including this one) Swift corrected the error by adding them to his list IX.
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.6 by 1.2? arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6212 (= GC 5828, Stephan list II (#3), 1860 RA 16 38 41, NPD 49 55.8) is "extremely faint." The position precesses to RA 16 43 23.9, Dec +39 48 24, barely east of the center of the galaxy listed above and within its eastern outline, the description is apt and there is nothing comparable nearby, so the identification is certain.
Discovery Note: The usual date given for the discovery is based on Stephan's published paper; but a study of his original notes shows that he first observed this object on the date shown above, and the published date is when he made a micrometric measurement of its position. (Steinicke lists this as Stephan's II#3, originally observed on June 8, 1869, and micrometrically measured on Jul 26, 1870; Gottlieb thinks it might also be Stephan's II#2, originally observed on June 7, 1869.)
Physical Information: Based on a recessional velocity of 9055 km/sec (and H₀ = 70 km/sec/Mpc), a straightforward calculation indicates that NGC 6212 is about 420 to 425 million light-years away, in fair agreement with a single redshift-independent distance estimate of about 295 to 300 million light-years, considering how uncertain such estimates are. However, for objects at such distances we should take into account the expansion of the Universe during the time it took their light to reach us. Doing that suugests that the galaxy was about 405 to 410 million light-years away at the time the light by which we see it was emitted, about 410 to 415 million years ago (the difference between the two numbers being due to the expansion of the intervening space during the light-travel time). Given that and its apparent size of about 1.0 by 0.85 arcmin (from the images below), the galaxy is about 115 to 120 thousand light-years across. NED lists this as a Seyfert Galaxy (type Sy1), because of the much greater brightness of its central region (noted in LEDA as an Active Galaxy Nucleus).
Classification Note: Older images of the galaxy show a nearly featureless "compact" galaxy, but the HST image shows that this is a tightly wound unbarred spiral; thanks to Harold Corwin for providing an expert opinion about the classification.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6213 (Swift list VI (IX #64), 1860 RA 16 38 53, NPD 31 54.3) is "extremely faint, very small, round, northeastern of 2", the other being NGC 6211. The second IC lists a corrected RA (per Bigourdan) of 16 39 10.
Discovery Notes: This is one of several objects that were in a pre-publication version of Swift's list VI sent to Dreyer in 1887 that were inadvertently omitted from the published list. For most of them (including this one) Swift corrected the error by adding them to his list IX.
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.7 by 0.3? arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6214 (Swift list I (#47) & IV (#??), 1860 RA 16 38 54, NPD 23 41.5) is "extremely faint, very small, round".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.0 by 0.8? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6215 (= GC 4235 = JH 3647, 1860 RA 16 39 04, NPD 148 44.8) is "pretty faint, round, very gradually a little brighter middle, 4th magnitude star 79 seconds of time to west".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.2 by 2.0? arcmin

Physical Information: Apparent size 1.5 by 0.5? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6216 (= GC 4237 = JH 3648, Dunlop 454, 1860 RA 16 39 20, NPD 134 28.3) is "a cluster, pretty small, pretty rich, pretty compressed, stars from 12th to 15th magnitude".
Physical Information: Apparent size 4.0? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6217 (= GC 4236 = WH I 280, G. R mker, 1860 RA 16 39 25, NPD 11 31.3) is "bright, considerably large, a little extended, suddenly a little brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 3.6 by 3.1? arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6218 (= GC 4238 = JH 1971, M 12, 1860 RA 16 39 58, NPD 91 41.7) is "a very remarkable object, a globular cluster, very bright, very large, irregularly round, gradually much brighter middle, well resolved, clearly consisting of stars, stars from 10th magnitude".
Physical Information: About 15 thousand light-years away, and 70 light-years across. Apparent size 16 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6219 (= GC 5829, Marth #316, 1860 RA 16 40 08, NPD 80 41) is "faint, small".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.7 by 0.7? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6220 (Swift list VI (IX #65), 1860 RA 16 40 08, NPD 90 00.2) is "most extremely faint, pretty small, irregularly round, 3 faint stars to south".
Discovery Notes: This is one of several objects that were in a pre-publication version of Swift's list VI sent to Dreyer in 1887 that were inadvertently omitted from the published list. For most of them (including this one) Swift corrected the omission by adding them to his list IX. Physical Information: Apparent size 1.7 by 0.9? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6221 (= GC 4239 = JH 3649, 1860 RA 16 40 40, NPD 148 58.0) is "a globular cluster, pretty bright, considerably large, round, gradually a little brighter middle, partially resolved (some stars seen)".
Physical Information: Apparent size 3.5 by 2.5? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6222 (= GC 4240 = JH 3650, Dunlop 456? (454), 1860 RA 16 40 41, NPD 134 28.6) is "a cluster, very large, very rich, a little brighter middle, stars from 12th to 13th magnitude".
Discovery Notes: Though Dreyer (and presumably Herschel) identified this as probably Dunlop 456, Steinicke lists it as Dunlop 454, with Dunlop 456 as a secondary reference.
Physical Information: Given the duplicate entry, see NGC 6216 for anything else.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6223 (= GC 4241, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 16 41 24, NPD 28 09.3) is "faint, small, round, much brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 3.5 by 2.6? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6224 (Swift list VI (IX #66), 1860 RA 16 41 37, NPD 83 25.7) is "most extremely faint, very small, a little extended, pretty bright star near to north, northern of 2", the other being NGC 6225.
Discovery Notes: This is one of several objects that were in a pre-publication version of Swift's list VI sent to Dreyer in 1887 that were inadvertently omitted from the published list. For most of them (including this one) Swift corrected the omission by adding them to his list IX (whence the reference in parentheses). Physical Information: Apparent size 1.0 by 1.0? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6225 (Swift list VI (IX #67), 1860 RA 16 41 39, NPD 83 31.2) is "extremely faint, very small, a little extended, faint star involved, southern of 2", the other being NGC 6224.
Discovery Notes: This is one of several objects that were in a pre-publication version of Swift's list VI sent to Dreyer in 1887 that were inadvertently omitted from the published list. For most of them (including this one) Swift corrected the omission by adding them to his list IX (whence the reference in parentheses). Physical Information: Apparent size 0.9 by 0.6? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6226 (= GC 4242, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 16 41 47, NPD 27 46.0) is "faint, small, in a triangle with two stars of 12th and 14th magnitude".
Physical Information: Given the duplicate entry, see NGC 6202 for anything else.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6227 (= GC 4243 = JH 3651, 1860 RA 16 41 52, NPD 130 58.7) is "a cluster, extremely large, extremely rich (in Milky Way)".

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6228 (= GC 5830, Marth #317, 1860 RA 16 42 18, NPD 63 33) is "very faint, small".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.1 by 0.6? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6229 (= GC 4244 - WH IV 50, Schultz, 1860 RA 16 43 03, NPD 42 13.3) is "a globular cluster, very bright, large, round, disc and faint border, mottled but not resolved".
Physical Information: Apparent size 4.5? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6230 (Swift list IV (#40), 1860 RA 16 43 47, NPD 85 07.8) is "most extremely faint, pretty small, round, very difficult".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.8 by 0.7? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6231 (= GC 4245 = JH 3652, Halley, Lacaille II 13, Dunlop 499, (Hodierna (I #7), 1860 RA 16 44 15, NPD 131 33.6) is "a cluster, bright, considerably large, pretty rich, stars from 10th to 13th magnitude". (Note: See Hodierna for a discussion of why he was not credited with the discovery of any NGC object. His list I was for visible groups of stars, so he must have seen that this object consisted of individual stars.) The position precesses to RA 16 54 04.0, Dec -41 47 50, a little over 2 arcmin northwest of the currently accepted position of the cluster, but still well within its central condensation, so the identification is certain.
Note About PGC Designation: As usual for NGC objects, HyperLEDA assigned a PGC designation for this object, even though it isn't a galaxy; but as also usual in such a situation, a search of the database for that designation returns no result, hence its being placed in quotes.
Physical Information: NGC 6231 is part of the Scorpius OB association, which consists of multiple clusters of very young stars. NGC 6231's hottest star, ζ Scorpii, is spectral type O8. Having a Main Sequence star of this high brightness and temperature implies a cluster age of just over 3 million years. The cluster is about 6000 light-years away. Given that and its apparent size of about 15 arcmin, it is about 25 light-years in diameter. The region surrounding the cluster is filled with clouds of gas and dust, many of which are heated, lit and sculpted by the radiation of the stars in the cluster.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6232 (Swift list I (#48), 1860 RA 16 44 22, NPD 19 06.8) is "pretty faint, pretty large, a little extended".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.5 by 1.5? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6233 (Stephan list XI (#11), 1860 RA 16 44 24, NPD 66 10.6) is "pretty faint, small, round, gradually brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.4 by 1.0? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6234 (= GC 5831, Marth #318, 1860 RA 16 45 01, NPD 85 24) is "faint, small, round".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.4 by 0.4? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6235 (= GC 4246 = JH 3653 = WH II 584, 1860 RA 16 45 03, NPD 111 56.3) is "pretty bright, considerably large, irregularly round, well resolved, clearly consisting of stars, stars from 14th to 16th magnitude".
Physical Information: Apparent size 5.0? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6236 (Swift list I (#50), 1860 RA 16 45 24, NPD 18 58.4) is "faint, pretty large". The second IC lists a corrected RA (per Bigourdan) of 16 45 55.
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.9 by 1.6? arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6237 (Swift list I (#49), 1860 RA 16 45 24, NPD 19 06.9) is "extremely faint, small, extended".

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6238 (Swift list IV (#41), 1860 RA 16 45 38, NPD 27 36.2) is "most extremely faint, extremely small, extremely faint star close, very difficult".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.6 by 0.4? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6239 (= GC 4247 = GC 5832 = WH III 727, Stephan list VII (#??), 1860 RA 16 45 39, NPD 47 00.8) is "very faint, extended, binuclear northwest-southeast".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.4 by 1.1? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6240 (= GC 5833, Stephan list II (#4), Bigourdan (#??), 1860 RA 16 45 55, NPD 87 22.0) is "very faint, pretty large, a little extended, diffuse".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.1 by 1.0 arcmin? NGC 6240 represents one of the later stages in the collision and merging of two galaxies.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6241 (= GC 4248 = WH III 735, 1860 RA 16 46 00, NPD 44 20.4) is "extremely faint, pretty small".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.0 by 0.8? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6242 (= GC 4249 = JH 3654, Lacaille I 10, Dunlop 520, 1860 RA 16 46 04, NPD 129 16.2) is "a cluster, bright, large, rich, stars from 8th to 11th magnitude".
Physical Information: Apparent size 9.0? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6243 (Stephan list XI (#12), 1860 RA 16 46 34, NPD 66 26.0) is "very faint, very small, irregular figure, diffuse".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.0 by 0.4? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6244 (Swift list IV (#42), 1860 RA 16 46 38, NPD 27 32.7) is "very faint, very small, round, between 2 stars, northeastern of 2", the other being NGC 6238.
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.6 by 0.3? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6245 (Swift list I (#51), 1860 RA 16 46 45, NPD 18 56.9) is "very faint, pretty large, round".

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6246 (Swift list IV (#43), 1860 RA 16 46 55, NPD 34 12.8) is "extremely faint, small, round".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.5 by 0.6? arcmin

Physical Information: Apparent size 2.0 by 2.0? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6247 (= GC 4250, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 16 47 00, NPD 26 47.5) is "faint, pretty small, irregular figure".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.0 by 0.3? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6248 (Swift list II (#44), 1860 RA 16 47 13, NPD 19 24.4) is "most extremely faint, pretty large, round, very difficult".
Physical Information: Apparent size 3.1 by 1.2? arcmin

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6249 (= GC 4251 = JH 3655, (Dunlop 455), 1860 RA 16 47 34, NPD 134 33.3) is "a cluster, pretty rich, very little compressed, irregular figure, stars large and small".
Discovery Notes: Neither Herschel nor Dreyer realized that Dunlop might have observed this object, but it is now thought that it is his #455, hence the credit in parentheses.
Physical Information: Apparent size 6.0? arcmin