Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 7829 = LM 2-275, along with NGC 7828, in 1886 and noted "mag 15.0; 0.2' dia; R; sbMN; neb?; Double, pair at 0.3' separation in PA 100°." Herbert Howe reported "I can see no nebulosity; it appears to be simply a star of mag 13." Perhaps he was not using a high enough magnification. Its appearance on the DSS is very compact but definitely non-stellar.

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/15/90): faint, round, extremely small, barely non-stellar. Appears at first glance to be as a mag 14 star just off the SE end of NGC 7828!

900/1200mm - 48" (10/23/14): at 488x; bright, small, 15" diameter, sharply concentrated with a very bright core ~4" diameter increasing to an intense stellar nucleus. The core is surrounded by a small round halo. Forms a close, interacting pair (Arp 144 = VV 272) with much larger NGC 7828 just 0.6' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb