Hermann Kobold discovered IC 3960 = K. 2-14 on 12 May 1896 with the 18-inch refractor at Strasbourg and recorded "vF, pS, diffic."
400/500mm - 17.5" (4/21/90): extremely faint, very small, round. Located 8.8' SW of NGC 4874 in the core of AGC 1656. Forms a pair with IC 3949 2.9' SW.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb