Frank Muller discovered NGC 3676 = LM 2-436 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at the Leander McCormick Observatory. There is nothing at his position, but 30' south is MCG -02-29-029 = PGC 35131 and his comment "2 st 10 nf, sf" matches this galaxy perfectly. NGC 3676 was not recovered by Bigourdan because of the poor discovery position.

RNGC classifies the number as nonexistent and MCG -02-29-029 is not labeled as NGC 3676 in the MCG, Deep Sky Field Guide, Megastar, etc.

400/500mm - 16" LX200 (4/14/07): faint, small, round, 0.5' diameter, occasional very faint stellar nucleus. Located in an asterims of 5 mag 11.5-12.5 stars with two mag 11.5 stars just 1' NNE and 1' SE. Listed as nonexistent in the RNGC.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb