William Herschel discovered NGC 2726 = H II-834 = h545 on 19 Mar 1790 (sweep 952) and recorded "pF, pS, iF, easily resolvable." His position is 3' NE of UGC 4750. On 8 Mar 1832 (sweep 404), John Herschel called the galaxy, "eF; R; quite certain". MCG misidentified MCG +10-13-055 as NGC 2726.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/5/97): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:1 E-W, 1.2'x0.4', bright bulging core. A mag 15 star is just south of the core [23" SSW of center].

Notes by Steve Gottlieb