William Herschel discovered NGC 3768 = H III-29 = h923 on 14 Mar 1784 (sweep 170) and described a "very faint, extremely small nebula, or rather nebulous star. The sweeping power left me rather doubtful but 240x verified it." His position (CH's reduction) is 28 sec of RA too large (recorded on a very windy night and the RA could not be determined well). JH also called this galaxy "stellar; a burred star.", though he measured a fairly accurate position. It seems odd that both missed nearby NGC 3764 (discovered by d'Arrest).

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/14/01): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 1.0' diameter, moderately concentrated. Forms a pair with NGC 3764 5.5' NW. Member of a large group (LGG 246).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb