Albert Marth discovered NGC 7324 = m 488, along with NGC 7323, on 13 Sep 1863 and noted "vF, vS neb. *." His position is less than 1' north of PGC 69321.
400/500mm - 17.5" (9/2/89): very faint, extremely small, round. A mag 11.5 star is 0.6' SE of center. Close pair with NGC 7323 1.8' W.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb