Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7247 = LM 1-248 in 1886 and recorded "pF, vS, R, B double star p 13 seconds, F double star follows 5 seconds." His rough position (nearest min of RA) as 27 seconds too large, with the bright double star h5324 to the NW by 2.6' and an extremely faint double that follows by 5 seconds. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898-99 as well as Jermain Porter in 1906 at the Cincinnati Observatory.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/1/89): fairly faint, slightly elongated N-S, weak concentration. A pretty double star h5324 = 9.1/10.5 at 10" is 2.5' NW!

Notes by Steve Gottlieb