John Herschel discovered NGC 7063 = h2117 on 19 Aug 1828 and recorded "a poor cluster, stars 10m." His position matches this bright, scattered cluster.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/7/91): about 35 stars mag 9-15 in a 10' region. Very bright, fairly large, elongated ~N-S. Includes about ten bright stars mag 9-10.5. This is a scattered group with no rich sections. A line of four bright stars is at the west edge and a curving arc of bright stars is just following. Includes a triple star (ES 2126) consisting of a close 4" well-matched mag 11 double star and a third member at 9".

Notes by Steve Gottlieb