William Herschel discovered NGC 7769 = H II-230 = h2274, along with NGC 7771, on 18 Sep 1784 (sweep 277) and logged "F, pL, R, bM, r." On 13 Nov 1786 (sweep 635) he noted "cB, pL, iF, mbM." JH reported "pB; S; R; bM; the np of two [with NGC 7771]."

300/350mm - 13.1" (9/9/83): fairly bright, moderately large, round, bright core.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/31/86): bright, moderately large, round, 1.5' diameter, brighter core, sharp stellar nucleus. A mag 13 star is 2.1' SSW. This galaxy is the brightest in a compact quartet with the NGC 7770/NGC 7771 pair 5' ESE and CGCG 455-055 6' NNE.

600/800mm - 24" (10/5/13): at 260x; bright, fairly large, round, 1.6' diameter, sharply concentrated with a very bright core and stellar nucleus. The low surface brightness outer halo (spiral arms) is slightly elongated and gradually fades out. Brightest in a trio (KTG 82) with NGC 7770 and 7771 (1' pair) both 4.5' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb