John Herschel discovered NGC 7355 = h3952 on 1 Sep 1834 and recorded "eeF; vS; R: a double star follows about 40 seconds on the parallel [east]." There is nothing near his position, but Harold Corwin notes that exactly 1° north is ESO 406-006 = PGC 69587 and his description applies (a 30" pair follows by 40 seconds of time). RNGC misses this identification and classifies the number as nonexistent.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/26/00): at 220x, this was a marginal sighting as it appeared to pop into view a few times momentarily and I had the impression it was elongated. Forms the north vertex of a small equilateral triangle with two mag 15 stars ~1.5' SW and SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb