John Herschel discovered NGC 2772 = h3146 on 23 Jan 1835 and reported "eF, lE, lbM, rather a doubtful object." His position is 1.8' south of ESO 487-014.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/8/97): fairly faint, moderately bright, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, broad concentration with a bulging core and much fainter extensions. A mag 11.5 star lies 2.1' NNE.

600/800mm - 24" (2/13/18): at 282x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 ~N-S, ~40"x15". The tips have a very low surface surface brightness so it was difficult to estimate the total length. The galaxy is nearly on line with an equally space string (length of 4') consisting of three mag 11.4/12/10.7 stars that extends NNE. A mag 15.2 star is very close NE of the N end and a mag 15.6 star is close SW of the south end. Occasionally, an extremely faint and small glow (PGC 25653) was glimpsed attached to the north of this star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb