Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7754 = LM 1-266, along with NGC 7759, on 28 Nov 1885. He simply recorded "mag 16.0 NGC 7759 is listed at mag 14.0], vS". There is nothing at Leavenworth's rough position (nearest min of RA), but 1.5 min of RA due east is MCG -03-60-021, placing NGC 7754 east of NGC 7759. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1899-00. Probably due to Leavenworth's inaccurate RA, the identifications of NGC 7754 and NGC 7759 are reversed in the first edition of the Uranometria 2000 Atlas.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/26/92): extremely faint, very small, slightly elongated. Two stars mag 13.5 and 15.0 are 1.5' S. Forms a pair with NGC 7759 5.5' NW. NGC 7763 lies 18' E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb