Stephane Javelle discovered IC 960 = J. 1-265 on 17 Jun 1892 with the 30-inch refractor at the Nice Observatory. He noted "faint, diffuse, rather extended with a little bit of condensation." According to Harold Corwin, his recomputed position corresponds with the northern (brighter) nucleus.

600/800mm - 24" (7/1/16): at 375x; IC 960 = VV 335 is an interacting pair with a separation of 0.8' SSW-NNE. The brighter NNE component (VV 335a) is faint, fairly small, elongated 5:3 SSW-NNE, 0.5'x0.3', low surface brightness. The SSW galaxy (VV 335b) is extremely faint/very faint, small, round, 15" diameter, very low surface brightness. On the SDSS this is a disrupted system (possibly a merged pair) with tidal tails that were not detected.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb