Lewis Swift discovered NGC 746 = Sw. II-15 on 12 Sep 1885 with the 16" refractor at Warner Observatory. His position is just 5 tsec west of UGC 1438 = PGC 7399.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/26/92): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 E-W, even surface brightness. A mag 13.5 star is at the west tip. Several other faint stars are near and some nice star chains (both faint and fairly bright) lead off from the west side.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb