Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7351 = St IX-30 = Sw. II-92 on 3 Oct 1878. Stephan's micrometric position is very accurate. Lewis Swift independently found this galaxy on 18 Nov 1884 and noted "vF; pS; R." Swift's RA was 19 seconds too small. Herbert Howe commented in his series of NGC observations that "Swift calls this 'round', but to me it appeared much elongated at 180° [N-S]." Jermain Porter measured an accurate micrometric position in 1906 at the Cincinnati Observatory.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/10/91): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE. This galaxy has a high surface brightness with a large prominent central region and a small bright core.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb