John Herschel discovered NGC 3678 = h889 on 13 Apr 1831 and recorded "vF; R; psbM; 25". Is 2' sp a * 12m." His position and description matches UGC 6443.
400/500mm - 18" (3/29/03): faint, fairly small, round, 0.7' diameter, fairly even surface brightness.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb