William Herschel discovered NGC 828 = H II-605 = h197 on 18 Oct 1786 (sweep 618) and logged "pB, S, iF." John Herschel logged it in Oct 1828 (sweep 188) "pB; R; gbM; has a D* 15 sec following." This galaxy was observed 6 times at Birr Castle with the first observation on 4 Nov 1848 (possibly by Lord Rosse): "F, scarcely seen in finder, another S neb 60° np 1.5' dist, if it be not a F *." A later observation noted "Either a single R neb with * inv sf center or double." This galaxy is a disrupted spiral with a dust lane on the south side of the core, so some structure was resolved.

400/500mm - 17.5" (11/14/87): moderately bright, fairly small, oval WNW-ESE, bright core. A wide double star with components 10.5/11 (separation 25" in PA 0°) are 3' E. Located 15' NW of the bright double star 59 Andromedae = 6.1/6.8 at 17".

Notes by Steve Gottlieb