Lewis Swift discovered NGC 3443 = Sw. VI-38 on 24 Apr 1887 with the 16" refractor at Warner Observatory and noted "eeF; vS; R." His RA is just 8 sec west of UGC 6000 = PGC 32671, but his declination is 8.3' too far south. Furthermore, his description doesn't add any information about the field. But there are no other nearby candidates, so this identification is the most likely.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/8/91): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated 4:3 NW-SE, small very bright core, substellar nucleus.

600/800mm - 24" (2/22/14): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.5', low surface brightness halo with a small brighter core. A mag 13-13.5 star is 1.6' E. NGC 3454/3455 pair is ~26' SE and NGC 3457 is a similar distance E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb