Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 3836 = T I-36 = T IV-8 on 29 Apr 1877. His micrometric position in list IV is an exact match with MCG -03-30-010 = PGC 36445. On the SDSS, the foreground star happens to lie at the exact tip of the northern spiral arm.

400/500mm - 18" (3/19/04): fairly faint, elongated 3:2 or 2:1 NW-SE, ~0.9'x0.6'. Appears brighter along a major axis NW-SE, surrounded by a rounder, faint halo. A mag 12-13 star is just off the north flank, perhaps 45" from the center.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb