William Herschel discovered NGC 7832 = H III-190 = h4013 on 20 Sep 1784 (sweep 279) and noted "vF, vS." John Herschel made a single observation from the Cape of Good Hope: "F; R; first vg, the psbM; has 2 stars 9m sf." His position is accurate.

Lewis Swift rediscovered this galaxy on 12 Sep 1896 and described IC 5386 = Sw. XI-1 as "pB; pS; vE." His position was 5' too far southeast. The IC position (based on Herbert Howe's observation in 1898-99) matches NGC 7832. Corwin notes that neither Swift, Dreyer nor Howe noticed the equivalence with NGC 7832.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/6/88): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, bright core, stellar nucleus.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb