Albert Marth discovered NGC 7519 = m 534 on 5 Oct 1864 and noted "vF, pL." His position is a perfect match with UGC 12424. Harold Corwin notes that Bigourdan's RA "correction" in the IC 2 notes applies to another galaxy (UGC 12416 = Mrk 526) that is located 28 seconds of RA further west and 2.5' north. See Corwin's notes.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/23/89): very faint, fairly small, almost round, diffuse. Located 6' N of a wide double star mag 9/11 at 21".

600/800mm - 24" (10/6/18): at 260x; between faint and fairly faint, fairly large, irregularly round or slightly elongated (outer halo changes with averted), ~1.25'x1.0', broad concentration with an ill-defined brighter core. The surface brightness is slightly uneven and gave the sense of a face-on spiral (later confirmed).

UGC 12416 lies 7.4' WSW. At 260x and 375x it appeared at least fairly faint and nearly moderately bright, small, ~18"x10", surprisingly high surface brightness with a sharp stellar nucleus! The galaxy is collinear with a mag 10.1 star 2.8' NNE and a mag 12.2 star 1.8' NNE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb