William Herschel discovered NGC 7785 = H II-468 = h2282 on 25 Oct 1785 (sweep 464) and recorded "vF, pS, irr figure." John Herschel made 4 observations, calling this galaxy either "B" or pB".

200/250mm - 8" (7/24/82): faint, small, elongated NW-SE. A mag 8 star is 4' W and two other mag 9 are close south and east.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/29/92): fairly bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, striking bright core. A mag 14 star is 1.0' N of center. Three bright stars are near and the galaxy forms a near equilateral triangle with two mag 9 stars 3.0' SE and 3.3' SSE. Located 4.4' ESE of mag 8.2 SAO 128465.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb