William Herschel discovered NGC 1395 = H I-58 = h2566 on 17 Nov 1784 (sweep 321) and logged "B, S, lE, mbM." JH recorded "vB, pmE, psmbM, 60" long", and measured an accurate position (2 sweeps).

200/250mm - 8" (10/13/81): fairly bright, small, round, small bright core.

300/350mm - 13.1" (10/10/86): bright, fairly small, oval 4:3 ~E-W, very bright core, fainter halo. Two faint mag 14 stars lie on the west and north edges 1.0' from center. Brightest in a group of five with NGC 1401, NGC 1403, NGC 1415 and NGC 1416 and the leading member of the larger Eridanus Group.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb