William Herschel discovered NGC 7432 = H III-465 = h2194 on 23 Nov 1785 (sweep 476) and recorded "eF, S, irregular. 240 showed the same." JH made three observations and logged (sweep 304), "eF; S; R; precedes a near double star 5 seconds."

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/19/87): fairly faint, very small, strong bright core, slightly elongated. A mag 13 star is 1.6' E of center and a pair of mag 12/13 stars at 21" separation is 2' ESE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb