Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 7717 = T I-54 in 1876 with the 11" refractor at the Arcetri Observatory near Florence. He mentions the nebula precedes Lalande 46286 (HD 222125) by 10 seconds and 1.5' south, but the galaxy is 20 seconds of RA west of the star.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/15/90): fairly faint, very small, round, small bright core, stellar nucleus. Located 4.9' WSW of mag 6.4 SAO 165808.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb