John Herschel discovered NGC 3851 = h966 on 24 Feb 1827 and logged "vF; R; the nf of 2." He mistakenly equated H III-378 with this galaxy, instead of h962 = NGC 3842 and this error was repeated in the NGC. WH did not record this object.

300/350mm - 13.1" (2/20/88): extremely faint, stellar. Located east of a faint star.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/20/88): very faint, extremely small, round, just non-stellar. Forms a faint "pair" with a mag 14.5 star 37" W of center. Located 4.7' ENE of NGC 3842 in the core of AGC 1367.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb