Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 7378 = T III-1 = T IV-10 on 19 Sep 1879 and first reported it the narrative part of his third paper (AN 2284). His micrometric position in AN 2347 is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, large brighter center. Located 3.6' WNW of mag 8.5 SAO 165304.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb