William Herschel discovered NGC 7183 = H II-595 = h2142 on 23 Sep 1786 (sweep 601) and recorded "F, cL, irr E." He observed it again of 13 Nov 1786 (sweep 634) and noted "eF, S, lE nearly in the parallel, lbM." On 21 Sep 1830, JH logged "vF; pL; R; pglbM; 50"."

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/13/90): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, gradually increases to a small bright core. Located at the center of four stars mag 11-13; the closest of the four is a mag 12 star 1.9' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb