Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7828 = LM 2-274, along with NGC 7829, in 1886 and recorded "mag 15.4; 0.5' dia; pE 130° sbMN; * 15 NGC 7829] sf 3 seconds; Double [with NGC 7829], PA 100° at 0.3' separation." Howe measured an accurate position in 1897 at Denver (given in the IC 2 Notes).

In the Arp catalogue, NGC 7828 has a very unusual distorted appearance. According to Higdon (1988), this is not a classical ring but possibly the result of stripping of the gaseous disk from a spiral galaxy during the collision with an intergalactic HI cloud. It was rejected as a ring galaxy in "Stellar Disks of Collisional Ring Galaxies" (AJ 136, 1259,2008) by Romano et al.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/15/90): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, even surface brightness. Forms a double system with NGC 7829, an extremely compact galaxy off the SE end.

900/1200mm - 48" (10/23/14): at 488x; fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, 40"x18", irregular shape with a mottled or clumpy appearance, slightly brighter along with south side. The galaxy displayed an extension or bend (slightly north) on the northwest side as if it consisted of two merged galaxies. A fainter 15" knot or patch is attached.at the northwest end. NGC 7828 forms an interacting pair (Arp 144 = VV 272) with NGC 7829 just 0.6' between centers. Arp 51 lies 3.2' SW and appeared fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~SW-NE, 24"x20".

Notes by Steve Gottlieb