George Johnstone Stoney, Lord Rosse's assistant, discovered NGC 2828 on 13 Mar 1850. It was included on the sketch of 8 Jan 1851 on a line between NGC 2827 and NGC 2833. The NGC position is 3' too far north (same offset as nearby NGC 2827) of CGCG 181-021 = PGC 26365.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/12/94): extremely faint, requires averted vision, very small, round. A mag 14.5 star is 1.4' N. Forms a pair with NGC 2827 3.3' WSW. Located at the north edge of AGC 779.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb