R.J. Mitchell discovered NGC 2495 on 14 Feb 1855 as the assistant on Lord Rosse's 72". While observing NGC 2493, he noted "a faint star precedes, a nebulous knot follows 2' or 3' dist." Just 2.0' ENE of the center of NGC 2493 is CGCG 207-016 = PGC 22457, the galaxy assumed to be NGC 2495. On 5 Mar 1867, though, the description reads "eF, R, bM [referring to NGC 2493, presumably], neb north-following is eF, difficult, Pos 54°, Dist 12". Either this observation refers to a different object, or there was an error in recording the distance (likely). The sketch is a good match with the pair of galaxies except there is no star to the west and Harold Corwin mentions problems with the descriptions (including the position angle). He questions if the Lord Rosse assistants were observing a different field (on at least 1 or 2 of the 4 observations).

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/24/90): extremely faint and small, round. A mag 14.5 is off the east edge 24" from center. Forms a pair with much brighter NGC 2493 1.8' WSW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb