William Herschel discovered NGC 3879 = H II-881 on 7 Apr 1793 (sweep 1037) and logged "F, mE, about 1 1/2' long, from np to sf, but near the parallel." His position matches UGC 6752. In "Scientific Papers of WH", Dreyer notes this galaxy was not found by d'Arrest or Bigourdan.

400/500mm - 18" (5/31/03): faint, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.3'. This galaxy appeared as a low surface brightness phantom streak with no concentration. The galaxy is close following a group of five stars including two to the south and three to the west with a mag 10.5 star 2.5' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb