Albert Marth discovered NGC 1541 = m 95 on 14 Nov 1863 with William Lassell's 48" on Malta and noted "vF, S". His position is 1' S of UGC 3001 = PGC 14792.
400/500mm - 17.5" (2/1/92): faint, small, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, small bright core. Located 7' SW of mag 8.8 SAO 111720.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb