John Herschel discovered NGC 7675 = h2244, along with NGC 7674, on 16 Aug 1830 and noted "vF; R; gbM; 20". The f of 2 [with NGC 7674]." MCG (+01-59-083) doesn't label this galaxy as NGC 7675.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/28/97): faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, very small brighter core. At 280x a stellar nucleus is visible. Located 2.4' ESE of NGC 7674 in HCG 96.

17.5" (7/16/93): faint, small, round, broad concentration, substellar nucleus. Second brightest in NGC 7674 group = HCG 96 group with NGC 7674 2.5' WNW. Appears brighter than listed magnitude.

17.5" (11/1/86): fairly faint, very small, round, weak concentration, slightly smaller and fainter than NGC 7674 2.5' WNW. Poor seeing during observation.

600/800mm - 24" (12/28/13): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 4:3 or 5:4 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.45', well concentrated with a small, very bright core. Second brightest in the HCG 96 quartet with NGC 7674 2.4' WNW.

900/1200mm - 48" (10/30/16): at 610x; very bright, moderately large, well concentrated with a very bright core that increases to the center. The halo is oval 4:3 SSW-NNE. NGC 7675 is the second brightest member of the HCG 96 quartet with HCG 96D 1.5' W. LEDA 1353595, situated 1.9' NE though not a member, appeared very faint (V = 16.9), small, irregularly round, 10" diameter, very low surface brightness.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb