William Herschel discovered NGC 3795 = H III-844 on 18 Mar 1790 (sweep 951) and noted "vF, mE, S." CH's reduced position is 1.5' southeast of UGC 6629. Samuel Hunter, LdR's observing assistant on 12 Feb 1860, logged "faint, elongated N-S, vgbM, ends pointed."

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/14/01): spindle-shaped galaxy, fairly faint, elongated 7:2 SW-NE in the direction of a mag 12 star 5' SW, 1.4'x0.4'. In a galaxy group (LGG 246) with NGC 3757 27' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb