Johnstone and Bindon Stoney, LdR's assistants, discovered NGC 7387, along with NGC 7383 and 7389, on 27 Nov 1850. It was labeled Delta on the diagram of the group with an offset of 5' 44" east-northeast (PA = 73°) from NGC 7385. Heinrich d'Arrest independently discovered this galaxy on 19 Sep 1862, measured an accurate position, and was credited with the discovery in the GC (JH was confused with the identifications). Both LdR and d'Arrest are credited in the NGC.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/4/86): faint, very small, slightly elongated, gradually increases to a very small bright core. Located 5.9' ENE of NGC 7385 in a rich galaxy group. NGC 7389 lies 4.2' S and NGC 7386 5.3' NW.

600/800mm - 24" (7/30/16): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 25"x20", contains a very small bright nucleus. In a group (WBL 688) of 6 NGC galaxies with NGC 7389 4.3' S, brighter NGC 7386 5.4' NW and brighter NGC 7385 5.9' WSW. A wide pair of mag 10.5/11 stars lies 4' SE and the two stars "point" to the galaxy.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb