William Herschel discovered NGC 7721 = H II-432 = h2260 on 10 Sep 1785 (sweep 435) and logged "pB, cL, E." On 30 Sep 1786 (sweep 605), he reported "F, lbM, about 3' l, E from sp about 10 or 15° from the meridian to nf." JH made 3 observations in Oct 1828, calling the galaxy "vF; L; R; vgbM; 60"." and "pB; pL; pmE; irreg fig."

200/250mm - 8" (8/15/82): faint, moderately large, low surface brightness, elongated N-S.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/15/90): moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 SSW-NNE, broad weak concentration.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb