John Herschel discovered NGC 2960 = h621 on 4 Mar 1826 (sweep 18) and logged "vF; R; gbM." His position is 6 sec of RA east and 1.4' north of UGC 5159 = PGC 27619.
400/500mm - 17.5" (4/15/93): fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus. Located 2.7' WNW of a mag 10.5 star.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb