Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 3696 = LM 2-438. There are no pertinent notes (simply described as round) or sketch found for this object and nothing at his position. But 10 sec if RA east and 10' north is the faint galaxy PGC 35340. NGC 3696 was not recovered by Bigourdan and the identification with PGC 35340 is uncertain.

400/500mm - 16" LX200 (4/14/07): extremely faint, very small, round. Only glimpsed with averted, though the observation was likely made through clouds that I noticed afterwards.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb