Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 711 = St XII-19 on 4 Nov 1881 with the 31" reflector at the Marseille Observatory and reported a "vF*in vF, vS neby". His position matches UGC 1342 = PGC 6940.
400/500mm - 17.5" (12/8/90): very faint, very small, oval 3:2 SSW-NNE. A mag 14 star is 20" E.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb