William Herschel discovered NGC 2756 = H II-828 = h553 on 18 Mar 1790 (sweep 949) and noted "pB, S, vgmbM." His position (Auwers' reduction) is 1.5' south of UGC 4796, within his usual positional accuracy. On 10 Feb 1831 (sweep 324), John Herschel logged, "pB; pL; lE; vglbM."

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/9/02): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated nearly 2:1 N-S, 1.0'x0.6'. Contains a brighter, roundish core. There is an extremely faint clump of stars (triple on the DSS) about 1' SW which was near the limit of visibility and appeared nebulous. CGCG 264-008 lies 2.8' N.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb