John Herschel discovered NGC 7007 = h3850 on 8 Jul 1834 and recorded "pB; vS; R; pslbM; 12"." His mean position (3 observations) is accurate. Joseph Turner observed it on 5 Sep 1877 with the 48" Melbourne Telescope and notes it was suddently brighter in the middle to a nucleus.(p. 142 of logbook).

600/800mm - 30" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright, moderately large, elongated 5:3 N-S, ~1.25'x0.75', sharply concentrated with a very bright core that increases to a stellar nucleus. A string of 5 mag 12-13 stars (oriented E-W) passes to the south and a mag 15.6 star is 0.8' W of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb