Albert Marth discovered NGC 7288 = m 482 = Sf 84 on 1 Oct 1864 and noted "vF, eS, stellar." His position is an exact match with MCG -01-57-013 = PGC 68933. Truman Safford rediscovered this galaxy on 19 Sep 1866 with the 18.5-inch Clark refractor at the Dearborn Observatory.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/7/91): fairly faint, small, well-defined small bright core, bright stellar nucleus, faint halo slightly elongated E-W.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb