Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 7722 on 12 Aug 1864 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen. His position is accurate (observed on two nights) and he mentions the mag 12 star 2' NNE (3.8 seconds of time east and ~1.5' north).

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/28/89): fairly faint, fairly small, almost round, even concentration to a bright core, very small or stellar nucleus. A mag 15.5 star is close off the SW edge [44" from center].

Notes by Steve Gottlieb