John Herschel discovered NGC 7118 = h3884, along with NGC 7117, on 30 Sep 1834 and recorded "vF; R; gbM; 15"." His position (measured also the next sweep) is accurate.

600/800mm - 25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 244x and 318x; fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated SW-NE, ~0.9'x0.7', small bright core. Brighter of a pair with NGC 7117 5.5' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb