William Herschel discovered NGC 3832 = H III-340 on 10 Apr 1785 (sweep 394) and recorded "vF, pL. I suspected two stellar near it, but could not ascertain with 240 whether they were stars or nebula as I could not stop long enough to view them sufficiently." CH's reduction is 5' due north of UGC 6693. The CGCG does not label this galaxy NGC 3832. The RA in the MCG is 1.0 min too small.

400/500mm - 18" (5/30/03): faint, moderately large, round, 1.2' diameter, low surface brightness, very weak concentration. A mag 11 star is 2.2' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb