Johnstone and Bindon Stoney, LdR's assistants, discovered NGC 7383, along with NGC 7387 and 7389, on 27 Nov 1850. It was labeled Beta on the diagram of the group and placed it 5.5' southwest (PA = 235°) of NGC 7385. In 1875 Dreyer called it "vF, vS, R, south of 3 stars nearly in a line of which the middle one is in Pos 333.9° at 146.6"." Heinrich d'Arrest independently discovered this galaxy on 19 Sep 1862 and measured an accurate position.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/4/86): faint, small, slightly elongated, brighter core. Located 5.6' SW of NGC 7385 in a group.

600/800mm - 24" (7/30/16): at 260x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, round, 25" diameter, gradually increases to center but no well defined core or nucleus. Located 5.6' SW of NGC 7385, the brightest member of the group (WBL 688) of 6 NGC galaxies. PGC 69819 (misidentified as NGC 7385 in the RNGC) lies 2.5' E. It appeared very faint, very small, round, 10" diameter.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb