Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7455 = Sw. II-96, along with NGC 7452 and 7459, on 14 Oct 1884 and recorded "eF; cE; pS * nr p. Found while searching for Encke's Comet 1885 I." There is nothing at his position, but 38 seconds of RA west is CGCG 405-021 = PGC 70246 and Kobold identified this object as NGC 7455 in his 1907 publication. RNGC and CGCG also identify CGCG 405-021 as NGC 7455. Herbert Howe noted, though, that there is no star "nr p[receding]." A mag 12 star is 1.2' north-northeast of this galaxy, but not in the right orientation and furthermore this small galaxy is not "cE". Because of this discrepancy Corwin suggests that perhaps NGC 7455 actually applies to the comet! Bigourdan searched for NGC 7455, but his position refers to a star. See Corwin's notes.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/21/87): faint, very small, round, small, brighter core. A mag 11 star is 1.1' NNE of center. Located 29' E of mag 6.3 SAO 127874. The NGC identification is not certain.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb