Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 3569 on 27 Apr 1864. His single position matches UGC 6238 and the description mentions the mag 12 star to the west-northwest by 3.5'.

In 1899 Hermann Kobold discovered a faint companion (called Kobold 14) 1.8' SW of NGC 3569 with the 18-inch refractor at Strasbourg. The discovery was published, though, in 1909 - too late for inclusion in the IC2.

400/500mm - 18" (5/31/03): faint, small, round, 0.5' diameter, very weak concentration with no visible core.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb