William Herschel discovered NGC 7671 = H III-226 = h2242 on 21 Oct 1784 and simply logged "eF, S. The moon up(?)." His position is accurate. He found the galaxy again on 23 Nov 1785 (sweep 476) and noted "vF, vS, stellar. 240 confirmed it; a few minutes following a pB star." On sweep 13, JH recorded "pB; S; R; 20"; mbM, with a hazy border. Approaching to a stellar, or a planetary character."

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/28/89): fairly faint, fairly small, oval NW-SE, prominent small bright core, stellar nucleus. A mag 11 star is 2.1' W. Pair with NGC 7672 5.7' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb