Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7487 = Sw. IV-89 on 3 Aug 1886 and noted "vF; S; R." His RA is 8 seconds too large.

The original discovery of this galaxy was made by JH on 17 Nov 1827, but Harold Corwin found (April 2016) that he made a transcription error in copying his logbook RA to his Slough Catalogue, so the RA (marked as uncertain) is 1 hour too small. Furthermore, he made another error when transferring the declination to the General Catalogue, so his GC and NGC north polar distance is one degree too large! Correcting both of these errors, the position of NGC 7210 = h2148 matches NGC 7487. Although NGC 7210 should be the primary designation, all catalogues of course identify this galaxy as NGC 7487 only (as of 2016).

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/13/88): faint, fairly small, round, bright core, faint stellar nucleus. Located 40' ENE of Beta Pegasi (V = 2.4).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb