John Herschel discovered NGC 7545 = h3976 on 4 Sep 1834 and recorded "pF; S; R; or lE; vgvlbM; attached to a * 10m in parallel." His position is very accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/20/90): extremely faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, low surface brightness. A mag 11 star is attached at the west end 27" from the center. Very difficult to view due to poor seeing at a low elevation.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb