William Herschel discovered NGC 3043 = H II-835 = h651 on 19 Mar 1790 (sweep 952) and noted "cF; S; E." His position is within 1' of UGC 5327. John Herschel described it on 9 Feb 1831 (sweep 323) as "eF; pL; 35"; vgbM; has a *10 m 7' n."

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/12/88): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, 1.2'x0.5', small bright core. Located 8' S of mag 7.9 SAO 27433.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb