William Herschel discovered NGC 3883 = H III-372 on 13 Apr 1785 (sweep 398) and recorded "vF, cL, but moonlight is too strong to see it well." His position is 13 sec of RA west and 3' south of UGC 6754. Neither JH nor d'Arrest made an observation.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/20/88): faint, fairly small, very slightly elongated, weak concentration. Located 17' N of NGC 3884 in the galaxy cluster AGC 1367.

17.5" (2/13/88): faint, small, round, broad concentration.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb