Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7003 on 26 Aug 1864 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen. He noted a mag 15 or 16 star follows the center by 2 seconds of time. His RA (measured on two sweeps) is ~4 seconds too small. MCG fails to label this galaxy NGC 7003.

300/350mm - 13.1" (7/27/84): very faint, small, low even surface brightness, almost round. A faint star is at the NE edge.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb