Max Wolf discovered IC 3867 = W. VI-83, along with several other faint IC galaxies within AGC 1638, on a Heidelberg plate taken 27 Jan 1904. He reported "vF, S, iF, N."

900/1200mm - 48" (4/2/11): fairly faint, small, oval 4:3 NW-SE, 20"x15". Brightest of 7 in AGC 1638 along with IC 3864, IC 3869, IC 3871, IC 3872, IC 3874 and IC 3886. Six of these galaxies (with the exception of IC 3886) form the outline of a 5' oval centered about 6' WSW of a mag 10 star. Jimi Lowrey and I tracked down this group as IC 3886, IC 3864 and IC 3874 are among the faintest galaxies in the IC (discovered photographically, of course)!

Notes by Steve Gottlieb