Andrew Common discovered NGC 3775 in 1880 and described "pB to a Nucl; another 5' nf, eeF." The second object was catalogued as NGC 3779. Common's position is 1.2' south of MCG -02-30-012 and NGC 3779 = MCG -02-30-013 is 6.8' NE, a reasonable match.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/9/99): very faint, fairly small, elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, 1.0'x0.3', low even surface brightness. A mag 12 star lies 3.0' NNW. Forms a pair with NGC 3779 6.8' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb