Johann Palisa discovered NGC 2926 on 27 Mar 1886 with the 12-inch refractor at the Vienna University Observatory. His micrometric position in AN 2782 matches UGC 5125. The same night he discovered NGC 2944 and Oppenheim found NGC 2981.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/12/94): faint, fairly small, round, 45" diameter, unconcentrated. A mag 14.7 star is 1.5' SW. Located 4.3' S of mag 9.2 SAO 61602.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb