John Herschel discovered NGC 2297 = h3066 on 31 Jan 1835 and called "vF, R, vglbM, 30"." His position (single sweep) is accurate.

400/500mm - 18" (4/5/16 - Coonabarabran, 236x): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, 45"x30", contains a faint quasi-stellar nucleus. A mag 9.7 star (SAO 249635) is 4.7' S. NGC 2305 and 2307 pair lies 43' SE (over the border into Volans).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb