Ainslie Common discovered NGC 3452 in 1880 with his silvered-glass 36" reflector and logged "eF, R, n of small star". His position is 30 sec of RA west and 3' north of MCG -02-28-019 = PGC 32742. A mag 13 star is close east-northeast, so Common probably confused the orientation.

400/500mm - 18" (3/29/03): faint, very small streak, 20"x6", elongated ENE-WSW in the direction of a mag 12.5 star 1' ENE of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb