Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 195 = T I-2 in 1876 with the 11" refractor at the Arcetri Observatory. His position was 0.4 min of RA west and 5' north of MCG -02-02-079 = PGC 2391. Bigourdan measured an accurate position on 16 Dec 1897 (repeated in the IC 2 notes).

400/500mm - 17.5" (9/17/88): faint, very small, elongated ~E-W, weak concentration.

600/800mm - 24" (12/1/16): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated WSW-ENE, 0.5'x0.4', weak concentration.

MCG -02-02-086, the brightest cD member of AGC 85 (distance ~750 million l.y.) lies 34' ESE. It appeared fairly faint, irregularly round, 40" diameter, low irregular surface brightness, no distinct core or zones. Two other cluster members were also viewed.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb