William Herschel discovered NGC 3725 = H II-836 = h909 on 19 Mar 1790 (sweep 953) and logged "F, S, R, r, almost of equal light throughout." CH's reduced position is 1' south of UGC 6542. JH made two observations, noting (sweep 406) "Not vF; R: gbM; 40"."

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/14/01): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.7', weak concentration to a small, slightly brighter coire. A mag 14 star is 1' SE of center. UGC 6528, 7.6' to the SW, is faint, fairly small, irregularly round, 1.0' diameter, low surface brightness. . NGC 3762, a nice edge-on, lies 27' ESE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb