?douard Stephan discovered NGC 1095 = St VIIIb-8 on 11 Dec 1876 with the 31" silvered-reflector at the Marseille Observatory. His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/28/94): very faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 1.2'x0.8'. Appears as a low unconcentrated glow just 2.0' SE of a mag 10 star which hampers viewing. Forms a pair with NGC 1101 10' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb