Asaph Hall discovered NGC 7693 on 1 Dec 1881 while observing Faye's Comet with the 26-inch refractor at the USNO (see AN 2394) and noted a "small nebula or nebulous star." His position is an exact match with MCG +00-60-003. Sherburne Burnham also measured the position (Publ of Lick Obs, II) and commented it was not a "nebulous star". This is the Hall's only NGC discovery, though he is famous for discovering the two moons of Mars.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/26/92): faint, small, round, weak concentration. A mag 13 star is 1.4' ESE. Located 15' WSW of 14 Piscium (V = 5.9).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb