Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 3827 on 29 Dec 1861 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen. His single position matches UGC 6673 and his description mentions a mag 16 star is 21 seconds of time preceding and a bit south. The star is at his offset, though only 14th magnitude.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/4/02): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~E-W, 0.8'x0.6', very weak concentration. Located midway between mag 9.1 SAO 99747 4.5' S and a mag 10. star 4.5' NNW. Outlying member of AGC 1367.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb