Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 3297 = LM 1-175, along with NGC 3295 and NGC 3296. His single rough position (nearest min of RA) is 2.3 min of RA following PGC 31189. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position for NGC 3296 with the 20" refractor in Denver (repeated in the IC 2 Notes) and he added "I could only suspect NGC 3297." RNGC misclassifies NGC 3297 as nonexistent.

400/500mm - 18" (3/29/03): very faint, very small, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, 20"x10", situated between two mag 13.5-14 stars SSW and NE (4.3' separation). In a group with NGC 3280 (triple system) 7' WNW and NGC 3296 7' WSW. This galaxy is listed as nonexistent in the RNGC.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb