Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7255 = LM 1-249 on 1 Oct 1886 and recorded "mag 16.0, 2.5'x0.5', vE 30°, sbMN." His rough position (nearest minute of RA) is 1.2 minutes west of MCG -03-57-006 = PGC 68721. His size estimate is too large and the position angle is in the wrong quadrant, but Corwin verified this identification using Leavenworth's sketch. Bigourdan could not locate this object.

The RNGC classifies NGC 7255 as nonexistent and the galaxy was not plotted on the first edition of the Uranometria 2000.0 atlas.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/27/95): very faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, 1.0'x0.4', even surface brightness. Incorrectly listed as nonexistent in RNGC.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb