Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 747 = LM 2-321 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded a slightly elongated nebula in PA 180°. His position is 1.2 minutes of RA west of MCG -02-06-007 = PGC 7366 but the position angle matches (N-S) matches this galaxy, so this identification is very reasonable given the often poor RA. MCG does not apply the NGC number and RNGC classifies NGC 747 as nonexistent. Nothing was found on photographs at the Helwan Observatory around 1920 because of the poor position.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/25/97): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, no concentration. Located 7' SW of a mag 10.5-11 star. Listed as nonexistent in the RNGC.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb