William Herschel discovered NGC 3622 = H II-879 = h853 on 6 Apr 1793 (sweep 1036) and noted "pB, R, S, bM." CH's reduced position is 1.8 tmin following UGC 6339. JH logged "pF; S; R; gbM; 15"." and measured an accurate position.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/22/95): moderately bright, elongated 2:1 N-S, 1.2'x0.6', elongated bright core. A mag 13.5 star is 1.5' SE of center. Located 9.3' NNW of mag 6.2 SAO 15478.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb