?douard Stephan discovered NGC 1607 = St XI-30 on 14 Dec 1881 with the 31" reflector at the Marseille Observatory. His position matches MCG -01-12-023 = PGC 15442.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/1/92): very faint, small, round, low even surface brightness. Located 4.5' S of mag 7.9 SAO 131272. Member of the NGC 1600 group with NGC 1599 10' SW and NGC 1609 10' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb