John Herschel discovered NGC 3385 = h760, along with NGC 3386, on 9 Apr 1828 and recorded "pB; R; bM; 15"." On 15 Mar 1830 (sweep 238), he called it "eF, E[longated.", so the conditions or transparency were likely worse.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/28/92): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~E-W, weak concentration, diffuse ill-defined halo. A mag 10.5 star lies 5' NE. Forms a pair with NGC 3386 4.3' N.

600/800mm - 24" (3/22/14): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 E-W, 30"x15", weak concentration, irregular surface brightness. A mag 14.8 star is just off the south side [20" from center]. NGC 3386 lies 4.2' N and CGCG 38-19 is 8.8' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb