Hermann Kobold discovered IC 3955 = K. 2-11 on 22 Apr 1895 with the 18-inch refractor at Strasbourg and recorded "vF, S, N 14 mag."
400/500mm - 17.5" (4/21/90): extremely faint and small, round. Located 2' NW of the NGC 4864/NGC 4867 pair and 7' WNW of NGC 4872 in a rich portion of AGC 1656.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb