John Herschel discovered NGC 2205 = h3034 on 9 Dec 1836 and noted "pF, R, bM, 20"." There is nothing at Herschel's position, but Eric Lindsay comments in his 1964 paper "Some NGC objects in the Large Magellanic Cloud" (IAJ, 6, 286-289), this is "Probably the galaxy 3/4 minute West." In 1926, Robert Innes described it as a "nebula, BM, 20", 12 mag, between 2 faint stars, which may account for the note "spindle"." (26-inch refractor, Union Observatory).

300/350mm - 14" (4/7/16 - Coonabarabran, 178x): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated E-W, 25"x20". A mag 11.7 star is 3.3' NNE and a similar star is 5' SSE. A group of stars (mag 10.6 and fainter) is ~10' W. Located 33' SE of a mag 5.0 HD 42540. Observation made in hazy conditions (thin clouds and/or smoke).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb