Albert Marth discovered NGC 7415 = m 506, along with NGC 7409 and 7411, on 13 Sep 1863 and simply noted "eF". His position is fairly accurate. The MCG identifies MCG +03-58-011, the western component, as NGC 7415. Other sources identify the eastern edge-on component as NGC 7415, but the number should probably apply to the entire double system as Marth didn't resolve the pair and they are pretty comparable in brightness.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/2/89): extremely faint, small, edge-on NW-SE. Located 5' ENE of NGC 7411.

600/800mm - 28" (10/29/11): at 295x, resolved into two tangent glows oriented E-W, ~0.6'x0.3'. It seemed the western component (MCG +03-58-011) was slightly brighter. At 394x, the eastern component (UGC 12244) was elongated NW-SE, perhaps 0.4'x0.2'. (UGC 12244 is identified as NGC 7415 in most sources, though the NGC number should probably apply to the double system.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb