Royal H. Frost discovered IC 3077 = F. 839 on a plate taken at the Arequipa station on 7 May 1904. He noted "bM, magn 15". The UGC and CGCG list this galaxy but do not identify it as IC 3077.

600/800mm - 24" (5/20/20): at 225x; extremely faint, fairly small, very low surface brightness, requires averted vision to glimpse. Located 11' E of brighter IC 3065. Also, brighter CGCG 098-124 is 9' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb