William Herschel discovered NGC 3225 = H II-882 = h703 on 8 Apr 1793 (sweep 1038) and noted "pB, pL, lE, bM." Caroline's reduced position is 15 seconds of RA west of this galaxy. On 9 Feb 1831 (sweep 323) John Herschel logged, "pF; L; E; vgbM; 30" to 40" [diameter]."

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/9/94): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, very weak concentration. A mag 14 star is 1.2' NNE of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb