William Herschel discovered NGC 7570 = H III-238 on 17 Nov 1784 (sweep 320) and logged "eF, eS. 240 confirmed with difficulty." His position is only 40" south of the center of UGC 12473.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/23/89): faint, fairly small, oval SW-NE, fairly low surface brightness except for small bright core. NGC 7559 is located 20' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb