William Herschel discovered NGC 3675 = H I-194 = h887 on 14 Jan 1788 (sweep 798) and recorded "vB, mE in the meridian, BN." John Herschel made two observations, first noting on 12 Apr 1830 (sweep 248), "vB; L; mE; vsmbM; 2' long, 40" broad. Many stars 14 and 15 mag precede."

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/6/91): very bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 N-S, 4'x1.5', very bright sharply defined elongated core, substellar nucleus. A mag 13 star is at the SSW edge 2.0' from the center. A dust lane is evident by a sharper light cut-off along the east side of the core.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb