John Herschel discovered NGC 3846 = h964 on 10 Feb 1831 and recorded "F; pL; R; vgbM." His single position is barely off the southwest edge of UGC 6710.
400/500mm - 17.5" (3/19/88): faint, fairly small, oval NW-SE. First in a group of five galaxies with NGC 3850 17' NE.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb