John Herschel discovered NGC 7106 = h3879 on 8 Jul 1834 and recorded "eF; lE; vglbM; 30"; makes an obtuse angled triangle, with 2 st 9 and 10m to north." His position is on the south side of the galaxy, though I'm not sure which two stars he had in mind.

600/800mm - 25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 244x; moderately bright and large, slightly elongated ~E-W, diffuse with only a weak concentration. A mag 13 star is 2' W, a mag 12 star is 1.8' N and a very faint mag 16 star is 0.6' E.. Brightest in a group with ESO 188-018 (close pair) at 4' ENE and IC 5125 at 8.3' SW. ESO 188-018 (southeast component) appeared faint to fairly faint, small, elongated NW-SE, 20"x12", even surface brightness.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb