Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 7747 = St V-14 on 23 Sep 1873 and recorded "very faint and small; roundish; with an eccentric condensation." His position (Esmiol's re-reduction) is off by 3 seconds of RA (too far west), though his published position was 10 seconds too far west and 2.5' too far south.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/23/89): faint, small, very elongated or edge-on SW-NE, weak concentration. Pair with CGCG 477-004 3.6' ESE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb