Bigourdan found IC 3260 = Big. 294 = Sn. 17 on 23 Apr 1895 and his position matches UGC 7472. Likewise, Arnold Schwassmann measured a very accurate position on a Heidelberg plate on 27 Nov 1900. Dreyer assumed this was a new object, but likely William Herschel's H III-95 (later NGC 4341), discovered on 13 Apr 1784 (along the NGC 4342 and 4344), refers to the same galaxy. Herschel's position falls between NGC 4343 and 4342. See NGC 4341 for more on this number and Corwin's detailed analysis.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/28/87): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated ~E-W, even surface brightness. Member of the NGC 4343 group and midway between IC 3259 4.9' NNW and IC 3267 5.0' SSW. NGC identification uncertain and identified as IC 3260 in CGCG and MCG.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb