William Herschel discovered NGC 2782 = H I-167 = h568 on 18 Mar 1787 (sweep 716) and recorded, "cB, R, BN, about 1.5' dia." His position is 1.5' south of UGC 4862 = Arp 215. Using the 72", Ralph Copeland described the galaxy as "B, pL, R, irregular, pgsmbMN." John Herschel made a single observation on 18 Mar 1831, but recorded no description.

Arp 215 is the result of a very unequal mass merger between two galaxies and contains extremely faint tidal tails.

200/250mm - 8" faint, bright core, two mag 13 stars to the S, mag 9 star 5' N.

400/500mm - 17.5" moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, sharp concentration, stellar nucleus, slightly elongated fainter halo. A pair of mag 13 stars are 3' S and mag 9 SAO 42762 is 8.5' NNE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb