John Herschel discovered NGC 7060 = h3863, along with NGC 7057, on 2 Sep 1836 and recorded "vF; S; R; the following of 2 [with NGC 7057]." His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 18" (8/19/09): faint, fairly small, orientation difficult to determine as sometimes appeared round (core?) and other times elongated 4:3 or 3:2, weak concentration, ~40"x30". Two mag 14 stars lies 2' N and 3' NW. Brighter of a pair with NGC 7057 10' WSW. Located 18' NW of a mag 5.6/8.1 pair at 2.9".

600/800mm - 30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright or very bright, fairly large, ~1.2'x1.0' diameter, sharply concentrated with a very bright core that increases to a stellar nucleus. Two mag 13 stars are 2.0' NNW and 2.8' NW, a mag 14 star is 2' E, and a mag 16 star is 30" SSW. Brighter in a trio with NGC 7057 10.5' WSW and much fainter AM 2122-424 5' SSW (logged as "very faint, small, round, 18" diameter). The physical group includes NGC 7060, 7057, 7070, 7072 and 7072A.

MLO 6, a very bright mag 5.6/8.2 pair at 2.7" lies 15' SW. The relatively faint companion in this large mag contrast pair appeared orange-red.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb