John Herschel discovered NGC 7096 = h3874 on 31 Aug 1836 and recorded "vF; S; R; 12"; has a vS double * north-following, near." His position and description is a perfect match with ESO 107-046 = PGC 67168.

Royal Frost's IC 5121 = F. 1221 (described as a "planetary, stellar, 13 magn"), found on 19 Sep 1903 on an Arequipa plate, is exactly 30' south of this galaxy. NED, SIMBAD, Southern Galaxy Catalogue, and ESO equate IC 5121 with NGC 7096. Jenni Kay questions this identification (e-mail 20 Aug 1998 and in Deep Sky Observer #159 in 2012), noting the description for IC 5121 doesn't match this galaxy. See Corwin's comments.

600/800mm - 30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, fairly large, oval 4:3, ~1.4'x1.1', sharply concentrated with a relatively large, very bright round core 0.4' diameter. An 8" pair of mag 13.5/14 stars lies 1.4' NE and a mag 14-14.5 star is 1.5' S. ESO 107-044 is 8.3' W and NGC 7083 lies 37' W.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb