William Herschel discovered NGC 2906 = H II-495 = h606 on 28 Dec 1785 (sweep 497) and logged "F, pL, E, iF." His position is 1' northwest of UGC 5081 = PGC 27074 and the identification is certain. John Herschel made two observations and recorded "F; not vS; R; glbM." on 25 Dec 1827 (sweep 116).

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/13/91): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, broadly concentrated halo, brighter along the major axis. A mag 12 star is 2.9' SW and a mag 11 star 3.6' SSW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb