John Herschel discovered NGC 7208 = h3923 on 28 Sep 1834 and recorded "vF; vS; R; almost uniformly bright." There is nothing near his single position, but exactly 1.0 minute of RA east is ESO 467-010 = PGC 68120, certainly the intended object. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1897 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes). MCG fails to label this galaxy as NGC 7208.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/10/91): fairly faint, fairly small, round, broad concentration but no nucleus. On a line between a mag 11.5 star 1.8' WSW and a mag 11 star 3.3' ENE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb