Albert Marth discovered NGC 7593 = m 562 on 5 Oct 1864 and noted "F, S, R." There is nothing at his position but 23 seconds of RA west is UGC 12483 (same dec). Bigourdan measured an accurate position on 30 Oct 1886 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/27/92): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, even surface brightness. A mag 15 star is at the NE edge.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb