Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 3442 = St XIII-59 on 25 Mar 1884 and noted "F, vS, R, mbM, r?" His position matches UGC 6001.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/22/95): fairly faint, small round, 25" diameter, fairly high surface brightness. Even concentration but no well-defined core or nucleus. A mag 14 star is 1.9' SE. Forms a pair with MCG +06-24-034 8.5' NE. A mag 10 star is 7' ESE. Located south and west of several bright stars including 18' S of 46 Leonis Minoris (V = 3.8).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb