William Herschel discovered NGC 3671 = H III-922 = h885 on 9 Apr 1793 (sweep 1039) and noted "vF, vS, 2 very small stars in it." One of these "small stars" is probably the nucleus. JH's position matches CGCG 291-068 although his description reads "This must be my father's neb, but it is a suspicious object and I doubt whether it be not a little knot of 3 or 5 stars." Only a single mag 14.5 star is close following.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/19/88): extremely faint and small, round. A mag 14.5 star is close east.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb