William Herschel discovered NGC 7600 = H II-431 = h2227 on 10 Sep 1785 (sweep 435) and recorded "vF, S, mbM, irregularly a little extended, r." JH made two observation, logging (sweep 186), "pB; R; psbM; 15"."

300/350mm - 13.1" (11/5/83): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated E-W, bright core, faint stellar nucleus. A group of bright stars mag 8-9 to the NW forms a "V" asterism pointing to the E; includes mag 7.8 SAO 146629 12' NW, mag 8.3 SAO 146619 16' WNW, mag 8.8 SAO 146626 16' NW and mag 8.5 SAO 146625 21' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb