Albert Marth discovered NGC 7579 = m 554, along with NGC 7484, on 5 Oct 1864 and noted "eF, vS, stellar." His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/28/89): very faint, very small, slightly elongated. This Pegasus II member forms a trio with NGC 7584 3.5' E and CGCG 406-050 4.2' ENE.

600/800mm - 24" (9/30/16): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 18"x15". First in a small group of galaxies within Pegasus II cluster with NGC 7584 3.5' due east and CGCG 406-050 4.2' ESE. Situated 6.7' SW of mag 7.6 HD 219728.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb