Ormond Stone discovered NGC 7807 = LM 1-271 at Leander McCormick Observatory and recorded "mag 16.0; pS; irr F; E 90°?" There is nothing at his rough position (nearest min of RA), but 1.2 min of RA west and 4' south is ESO 538-015 = PGC 33 (brightest nearby galaxy). His uncertain PA is not a good match, though. Howe recovered this object in 1898-99 and measured an accurate position (repeated in the IC 2 Notes). The RA in the ESO, SGC and NGC 2000 is 48 seconds too small, due to a typo in the ESO catalogue.

400/500mm - 17.5" (8/25/95): extremely faint, very small, probably elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.4'. Located 6.5' WNW of a mag 11 star. I needed to use a Guide Star Catalog chart and averted vision to pick up this galaxy. No details were seen as it required concentration just to detect the low surface brightness glow. A mag 15 star lies 2.9' E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb