Ormond Stone discovered NGC 715 = O St I-38 on 12 Dec 1885 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. There is nothing at his position but 1.5 min of RA east and 3' S is MCG -02-05-069 = PGC 6991. Due to the poor position, Guillaume Bigourdan could not recover the galaxy. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1897 using the 20" refractor at Chamberlin Observatory.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/25/97): extremely faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 0.8'x0.4'. Located 3.5' N of a mag 11 star. A mag 8 star is 11' NW edge at the edge of the 220x field. Best viewed at 280x.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb