Albert Marth discovered NGC 3444 = m 212 on 25 Mar 1865 with Lassell's 48" on Malta and commented "eF, vS, pmE". His position is 1' south of UGC 6004 and the description "pmE" applies to this edge-on.

600/800mm - 24" (2/22/14): at 260x appeared faint, small, edge-on 3:1 SSW-NNE, 21"x7", low even surface brightness, not difficult. Located 6' NE of a mag 9.6 star and 14' ENE of NGC 3433.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb