William Herschel discovered NGC 773 = H III-468 = h2452 on 27 Nov 1785 (sweep 478) and recorded "vF; E; 1.5' long, 1' broad, nearly in the meridian [N-S]; lbM." JH reported from the CGH, "F, R, glbM, 30"." The NGC position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/4/93): faint, fairly small, oval 2:1 N-S, 1.0'x0.5', very weak concentration. Located 11' SE of mag 8.5 SAO 148138 at the edge of the 220x field. Just outside the field 14' NNW is mag 6.6 SAO 148139.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb