William Herschel discovered NGC 7665 = H III-438 on 28 Sep 1785 (sweep 445) and logged "eF, S, stellar, about 1 1/2' a pB star." His dec is 2' too small.
400/500mm - 17.5" (9/15/90): faint, very small, round, small bright core. Located 2.9' WNW of mag 9.1 SAO 146713.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb