Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7612 = m 571 on 26 May 1863 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen. It was first reported as #205 in his AN 1500 discovery list (1864). Albert Marth independently discovered it on 2 Sep 1864 and noted "pB, vS, psbM."

300/350mm - 13" (11/5/83): faint, very small, almost round, small bright nucleus, compact. Located 15' NW of NGC 7623.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/14/85): fairly faint, small, elongated, small bright core. Member of the Pegasus I cluster with NGC 7615 11' S.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb