John Herschel discovered NGC 2227 = h3046 on 27 Jan 1835 and remarked "eF; R; has coarse double star preceding on same parallel 90" dist." His description and position (NPD corrected by two degrees in his addendum) matches ESO 556-023 = PGC 19030.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/8/86): faint, fairly large, fairly diffuse, elongated ~N-S, almost even surface brightness. A mag 10 star is 8' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb