Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 2884 on 27 Feb 1865. His position (measured on 5 nights) matches MCG -02-24-022 = PGC 26773 and he noted the mag 13.5 star (called mag 15 or 16) that precedes by 5 seconds of time in the parallel. His AN #1537 list has a 1 min typo in RA.

300/350mm - 13.1" (4/10/86): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, possible faint stellar nucleus. A mag 13.5 star is 1.3' W of center. NGC 2889 lies 13' ESE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb