Albert Marth discovered NGC 7517 = m 532 on 5 Oct 1863 and noted "vF, vS, stellar." His position is accurate.
400/500mm - 17.5" (8/1/87): faint, very small, round, seen with direct vision. A mag 13 star is 0.9' WNW. Located 2.3' S of mag 8.8 SAO 146567. Located in the NGC 7556 group with NGC 7506 23.5' ESE.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb