William Herschel discovered NGC 2775 = H I-2 = h564 on 19 Dec 1783 (internal discovery #16 in sweep 57). His summary description from 5 sweeps reads "cB, cL, R, vgbM, with nucleus." On 23 Dec 1827 (sweep 116), John Herschel wrote, "vB; R; psbM; 2' diam; the hazy border perhaps extends further; resolvable??" Samuel Hunter, the 72" observer on 28 Mar 1861, also thought he could resolve this galaxy, reporting "R, vgbM like a glob. Cl, I see stars plainly at times."

200/250mm - 8" fairly bright, bright core, elongated.

300/350mm - 13" (2/23/85): bright, fairly large, elongated NNW-SSE, bright core, stellar nucleus.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/29/89): bright, very large, elongated 4:3 NNW-SSE, small very bright core, stellar nucleus, large faint halo. Near the edge of the field is NGC 2777 11' NNE (physical companion) and NGC 2773 13' NW (background galaxy).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb