John Herschel discovered NGC 2007 = h2892 (along with NGC 2008 = h2894) on 27 Dec 1834 and logged "eeF; pL; R; 40"." His position is accurate.

300/350mm - 14" (4/7/16 - Coonabarabran, 178x): very faint, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, 45"x15", low even surface brightness. A mag 11.6 star is 4' ENE. Forms a close pair with NGC 2008 2.7' S. Viewed in poor transparency.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb