R.J. Mitchell, LdR's assistant, discovered NGC 7765 on 12 Oct 1855 and noted "a little np [NGC 7768] is another neb, vvF." It is labeled as Gamma in a sketch made on 9 Oct 1872.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/20/90): extremely faint, very small, elongated, very low surface brightness. Located 1.7' NW of NGC 7768 and 4' W of a mag 10.5 star in the core of AGC 2666.

600/800mm - 24" (8/5/13): faint, small, round, 24" diameter, pretty even surface brightness. Located 1.8' NW of NGC 7768 in the core of AGC 2666.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb