Forms a pair with PGC 190704, 2.7' to the southwest. It appeared faint (B = 16.3), very small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 12"x8". A mag 14.5 star is 1.2' SE. No redshift data is available on this galaxy so it may not be a physical pair.

John Herschel found NGC 7141 = h3893 on 5 Oct 1834 and recorded "F; L; R; first g, then pslbM." His position matches ESO 189-007. He discovered the galaxy the previous night, but made an error and recorded the declination of h3892 (later NGC 7140) 1° too far south. Herschel thought they might be equal, but included both entries in the GC and Dreyer followed in the NGC. So, NGC 7140 = NGC 7141, with the first observation resulting in NGC 7140.

600/800mm - 30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 394x; very bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 SSW-NNE, 2.5'x1.0', contains a very bright elongated core. The halo has an irregular surface brightness suggesting parts of spiral arms. A mag 15 star is just off the west edge, 40" from center. Located 13' NNE of mag 7.0 HD 207618.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb