William Herschel discovered NGC 2969 = H III-527 = h628 on 27 Mar 1786 (sweep 547) and logged "cF, pL, iR, vgbM." His position was 1.2' NW of MCG -01-25-021 = PGC 27714 and two later measures were taken as well.

400/500mm - 18" (3/11/07): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 40" diameter, very weak concentration.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb