Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7212 = Sw. V-93 on 2 Oct 1886 and recorded "vF; pS; lE." His position matches UGC 11910 = PGC 68065.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/19/87): extremely faint, small, diffuse. A mag 15 star is involved at the southwest end. Located 16' NE of ∑2857 = 7.2/9.0 at 20". NGC 7212 is an interacting, overlapping pair with tidal plumes, but only a single glow was seen.

600/800mm - 24" (8/25/19 and 8/29/19): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, ~0.5'x0.4', contains a very small bright core and easy stellar nucleus. A mag 15.5 star is off the south side [33" S of center]. A 20" pair of mag 14.5/15 stars is 1.3' NW and another 20" pair of 15th mag stars (nearly collinear with the galaxy) is 2' N

A difficult companion is attached on the NE side [15" between centers] and it occasionally popped at 260x as a slightly brighter "knot", perhaps 12" diameter, involved on the north end of the halo.

24" (7/30/16): at 260x; faint to fairly faint, oval 3:2 SW-NE, 0.6'x0.4', very small bright core (round) stands out, occasional stellar nucleus. A mag 15.5 star is off the south edge [35" S of center]. The seeing was too soft to confidently see the attached companion at the northeast end.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb