UGC 11760 appeared extremely faint and small, round, visible only with averted vision. A wide pair of mag 11 stars at 1.0' separation lie 1.5' N. I probably only viewed the inner core region as the listed dimensions are much larger.

William Herschel discovered NGC 7081 = H III-859 = h2121 on 10 Oct 1790 (sweep 973) and recorded "cF, vS, iR, mbM. 360 shewed it very plainly, near a very small star." JH made the single observation "vF; S; R; has a * 14m south. Dist from centre = 1 diam (by diagram)." His position is very accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, small, round, broad concentration. A double star mag 13.5/15 at 16" separation is 1' SSE and is collinear with the galaxy. Forms a pair (similar redshifts) with UGC 11760 4.6' SE and NGC 7077 is 21' W. Located at the Pegasus border.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb