Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 3711 = LM 2-440 in 1886. His position is 1.5 min of RA following MCG -02-29-035, but his description of a "*9, 4' S." is a reasonable match (a mag 11 star is 2.5' south). Howe's corrected RA in the IC 2 notes is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/29/85): extremely faint, very small, round. A mag 11 star is 2.4' S of center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb