William Herschel discovered NGC 3615 = H III-333 = h851 on 10 Apr 1785 (sweep 394) and recorded "vF, vS. 240x verified it." CH's reduction is 3.4' northwest of UGC 6313. JH called it "pF; smbM; stellar." His position is accurate to within 30".

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/9/99): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 1.2'x0.6'. The prominent 20" core steadily increases to a stellar nucleus. First and brightest of a trio with NGC 3618 7' NE and extremely faint CGCG 126-022 3.2' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb