John Herschel discovered NGC 2769 = h559, along with NGC 2771, on 7 Mar 1831 (sweeo 329)) and noted "not vF; lE; S; pslbM; 15" [diameter]." The next night he added nearby NGC 2767. His mean position from two sweeps is 8 sec of RA east of UGC 4816.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/5/97): brightest of small trio with NGC 2771 3.4' SSE and NGC 2767 3.8' SW. Fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, 1.2'x0.5', brighter core.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb