John Herschel discovered NGC 7205 = h3919 on 10 Jul 1834 and recorded "pB; lE; glbM; 2 1/2' l, 1 1/2' br." Member of the Pavo-Indus Cloud along with NGC 7213, 7049, 7083 and 7144.

400/500mm - 18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 228x, this galaxy was surprisingly bright and large, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, 3.5'x1.8', increases to a small bright core. The outer halo on the west-southwest end seems to be more extensive but has a noticeably lower surface brightness. A single spiral arm appears to emerge from the core on the north side and wrap around clockwise towards the east! Situated between mag 8.9 SAO 247319 4' SW and a mag 10 star 4' NE. This galaxy straddles the border of Tucana and Indus and is close to the southwest corner of Grus.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb