William Herschel discovered NGC 7773 = H II-851 = h2277 on 9 Oct 1790 (sweep 971) and logged "vF, S, R, lbM, south preceding a very small star." JH called this galaxy "eF" on two nights and "the faintest conceivable" on a third.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/29/92): fairly faint, small, round, fairly even surface brightness except for stellar nucleus which appears offset to SW side. A mag 13 star is attached at the NNE edge and a mag 12 star is 2' NNW. The stellar nucleus may be a superimposed mag 15 star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb