Ralph Copeland discovered NGC 3214 on 9 Mar 1874 using LdR's 72" while observing GC 2082 = NGC 3220. He recorded "cB, vS, R, sbMN = * 11m, pos 277.3°, dist 288.7" It is in a line, Pos about 100°, between 2 st, about 11m each, dist about 1.5'." Copeland's offset from NGC 3220 matches CGCG 290-032 = PGC 30419.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/9/94): first of two with NGC 3220 5.0' E. Faint, very small, round, very small brighter core. Bracketed by two mag 13.5 stars 0.8' W and 1.0' E. NGC 3206 lies 13' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb