Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7187 = LM 1-246 in 1886 and recorded "pF; pS; R; lbM." His rough position (nearest min of RA) is less than 1 min of time east of ESO 404-024 = PGC 67909. Wolfgang Steinicke notes this is the southernmost galaxy in the NGC discovered at the Leander McCormick Observatory with the 26-inch Clark refractor.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/22/87): fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus. Located 39' S of mag 6.7 SAO 213495.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb