William Herschel discovered NGC 3334 = H II-641 = h735 on 17 Mar 1787 (sweep 713) and noted "F, vS." His RA was 34 seconds too large. John Herschel's position on 7 Feb 132 (sweep 401) is fairly close.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/25/95): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 40" diameter, almost even surface brightness. A nice evenly matched mag 11.5 pair at 28" lies 3' ENE. Situated in an interesting field consisting of several fairly bright stars.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb