Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7159 = Sw. VI-94 on 14 Nov 1886 and recorded "eeF; eS; R; pF * with vF distant companion 5' s." His position is 9 seconds of RA east of CGCG 428-003 = PGC 67674. His description mentions a "pF * with vF distant companion 5' S. A mag 10.7 star is 4' due south with a mag 13 companion 46" NW. Herbert Howe commented the star south-following is involved, but this isn't the star Swift referred to.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/19/87): very faint, very small, slightly elongated ~N-S. A mag 14.5 star at the south end interferes with viewing.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb