Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7320 = St VIIIa-22, along with the other members of the group, on 23 Sep 1876. His position is accurate.

This galaxy is probably a foreground galaxy in the Quintet. The Feb 2001 issue of Astronomy mentions the HST image resolved NGC 7320 but not the other members, confirming it is a foreground galaxy (~35 million l.y. vs. ~270 million l.y.). See S&T November 2004 and my observing piece in the article.

100/150mm - 6" (6/25/04): marginal but definitely glimpsed at moments with a 6" mask at 115x and 140x.

200/250mm - 8" (6/27/81 and 8/28/81): extremely faint, small.

300/350mm - 13" faint, elongated NW-SE.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/14/85): brightest in Stephan's quintet consisting of five galaxies within a 4' diameter circle. Moderately bright, moderately large, brighter core, elongated 5:2 NW-SE. A mag 14.5 star is at the SE side 15" from the center. NGC 7317 lies 2.5' W, NGC 7318 pair is 1.7' NW and NGC 7319 1.7' N. Located 30' SSW of NGC 7331.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb