Lewis Swift discovered NGC 3426 = Sw. VI-37 on 23 Mar 1887 and recorded "pF; S; R: coarse double star near north." His position is 7 sec of RA preceding UGC 5975 and his description of a "coarse double star near N" clinches the identification.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/22/95): fairly faint, small, round, sharply defined 30" halo, well concentrated to a small bright core. A wide pair of mag 11.5-12 stars (1.0' separation) are 2.2' and 2.8' N.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb