Edward Holden discovered NGC 3441 on 6 Apr 1882 with the 15.6-inch Clark refractor at the Washburn Observatory in Madison, Wisconsin. He simply noted "pB", but his position is fairly accurate (1' south of UGC 5993).

400/500mm - 18" (3/29/03): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 N-S, 0.8'x0.5', very weak concentration. A mag 14 star lies 1.2' NE. Located 4.9' W of mag 8.7 SAO 118560.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb