Lewis Swift discovered NGC 7774 = Sw. IV-100 on 9 Aug 1886 and recorded "eF; S; R; in center of equilatoral triangle of 3 stars; double star near np." His RA is 10 seconds too large (a similar offset as NGC 153, 163 and 217, all observed the same night) and his description matches UGC 12819.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/30/91): this is a small double system elongated E-W and just resolved at 220x into a double nuclei but not cleanly separated. The brighter component is at the west side and appears faint, very small, round. The fainter companion (LEDA 93142) is attached at the east end within a common halo and appears very faint, very small, slightly elongated. The separation is just 15" between centers!

600/800mm - 24" (1/1/16): at 375x; this very close, merged system (15" between nuclei) was easily resolved as double at 375x. The brighter and larger component is on the west side. It appeared fairly faint, fairly small, round, ~24" diameter, contains a very small bright nucleus. PGC 93142 is attached on its east side (the galaxies are virtually tangent) and appeared faint, very small, slightly elongated, 12"x9". An uncatalogued mag 11.3/12.3 pair at 8" separation is 5.7' NW. IC 1513 is 21' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb