John Herschel discovered NGC 7249 = h3933 on 4 Oct 1834 and recorded "eeF; R; rather a doubtful object." Despite his doubts, his position is within 1' of ESO 190-001 = PGC 68606, the brightest member of AGC 3869.

600/800mm - 25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 318x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.4' diameter, weak concentration. Forms a pair with PGC 95403 = 2MASX J22204571-5506093, just 2.5' NE. The companion was logged as very faint, small, 15" diameter. A mag 15.5-15.8 star is 0.4' NE. These are the two brightest members of the southern cluster AGC 3869.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb