William Herschel discovered NGC 3944 = H III-322 = h1007 on 6 Apr 1785 (sweep 393) and simply noted "vF, stellar." CH's reduction is 3.7' southwest of UGC 6859. JH made 3 observations and measured a fairly accurate position.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/4/02): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 0.9'x0.6', brighter core. Situated between two mag 10.5-11 stars 2.5' W and 3.5' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb