John Herschel discovered NGC 7508 = h2212 on 13 Oct 1825 (sweep 14) and called it "eF; R; seems to have a star in centre." His position is fairly accurate.
400/500mm - 17.5" (7/19/90): very faint, very small, edge-on 4:1 NNW-SSE, very thin extensions from stellar nucleus. A mag 11 star is 2.5' NW.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb