Royal H. Frost discovered IC 3468 = F. 948 on a plate taken on 10 May 1904 at Harvard's Arequipa Observatory in Peru.

900/1200mm - 48" (2/28/19): at 488x; bright, fairly large, round, 1.0' diameter, strong sharp concentration with a very bright core. A mag 15.5 star is 1.3' NE. Located 12' WSW of a mag 6.3 20 Virginis.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb