John Herschel discovered NGC 7278 = h3941 on 11 Aug 1836 and recorded "eeF; lE; vgvlbM; very difficult, but a certain observation. It is n p the first of 3 stars 10-11m." His position and description matches this faint galaxy.

600/800mm - 25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 318x; faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, no internal details. A mag 12 star is 1.1' SE and another is 4.7' ENE. Located 8.2' SSW of mag 7 HD 212878 and the view was improved when I moved this star outside the field.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb