William Herschel discovered NGC 3595 = H III-706 on 5 Feb 1788 (sweep 808) and recorded "vF, vS, stellar, south of a cB star." His position is 2' too far north (very close to mag 7.6 HD 97773).

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/22/95): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S. Sharp concentration with a very small bright core and much fainter extensions. Located 2.0' S of mag 7.4 SAO 43659! UGC 6255 lies 19' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb