Christian Peters discovered NGC 787 on 27 Feb 1865 with a 13.5-inch refractor at Hamilton College Observatory in New York. Wilhelm Tempel independently found the galaxy on 9 Nov 1879 with the 11" refractor at the Arcetri Observatory and reported it in list IV-7. Peters' and Tempel's positions match MCG -02-06-015 = PGC 7632. This galaxy was probably "discovered" again Ormond Stone (I-46) at Leander McCormick in 1885 or 1886. His position is 1.4 tmin W and 6' N of PGC 7632.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/4/93): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 E-W, 1.2'x0.8', broad concentration, stellar nucleus. A mag 13 star is 3' W of center. Located 4' NW of a mag 9.5 star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb