Stephane Javelle discovered IC 4356 = J. 3-1287 on 19 Jun 1897. His declination is off by 1' (error in position of his reference star).

400/500mm - 18" (5/3/08): extremely faint and small knot, 10" diameter, required averted vision. Located 4' NNE of NGC 5395/94 interacting pair (Arp 84).

900/1200mm - 48" (4/1/11): picked up while observing the beautiful NGC 5395/5394 interacting pair. At 375x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 20" diameter. Located 4' NNE of the center of NGC 5395.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb