Frank Muller discovered NGC 7425 = LM 1-259 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "mag 15.5, lE? 90°, *10 in PA 260° [ESE] at 4.0' separation." His rough RA (nearest min of time) is 30 seconds too small and the star is 13-14th magnitude. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1898-99 with the 20" refractor at Denver (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/23/95): faint, small, slightly elongated, 30" diameter, very weak concentration. Located just south of three mag 14 stars (closest is 1.9' NNE of center).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb