Max Wolf discovered IC 4056 = W. V-159a on a Heidelberg plate taken 21 Mar 1903. His position is accurate.

600/800mm - 24" (5/22/17): at 375x; very faint, fairly small, round, 20" diameter, very faint stellar nucleus. A mag 12.4 star is 0.8' N. Located 6.8' SW of IC 4064, the brightest member of a group of IC galaxies (AWM 6).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb