John Herschel discovered NGC 3554 = h833 on 24 Dec 1827 (sweep 115) and noted "F; R; bM; not vS; PD mistaken 10'; corrected." His declination was 1.5' too large.

300/350mm - 13.1" (3/24/84): extremely faint and small. Located in the core of AGC 1185 close SSE of the NGC 3552/NGC 3553 pair. Appears just non-stellar and near the visual threshold.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb