Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7611 on 21 Sep 1862 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen. He observed this galaxy on 6 nights and noted several times it formed a triangle with two stars (estimated at mag 17 and 18, though only mag 14). This galaxy appears to have been missed at Birr Castle (NGC 7617 was seen instead).

300/350mm - 13.1" (9/22/84): faint, small, round, stellar nucleus, slightly elongated. A mag 7 star is 5' S. NGC 7619 is 12' NE.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/14/85): fairly faint, small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, stellar nucleus. NGC 7619 lies 12.7' NE. Located 5.5' NNW of mag 7.1 SAO 128119 in the Pegasus I cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb