Lewis Swift discovered NGC 3026 = Sw. III-50 on 22 May 1886 and recorded "eeF; pS; lE; e diff; in vacancy, found searching for Winnecke's comet [7P/Pons-Winnecke]." His position is 10 sec of RA east and 1' south of UGC 5279 = PGC 28351.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/8/91): fairly faint, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 E-W, even fairly low surface brightness.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb