William Herschel discovered NGC 7426 = H III-576 = h2192 on 18 Oct 1786 (sweep 617) and recorded "vF, S, iR, stellar." JH made two observation, first noting "eF; pL; R; a coarse double star 6m (HJ 975) precedes a little to south. Hurried observation."

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/15/91): fairly faint, fairly small, round, weak concentration, faint stellar nucleus. Observation slightly hampered by the bright wide double star h975 = 5.6/9.5 at 50" located 3.5' W!

Notes by Steve Gottlieb