Arnold Schwassmann found IC 3273 = Sn. 95 on a plate taken 23 Jan 1900 with a 6" astrograph at Heidelberg. His position matches NGC 4356, although neither Schwassmann nor Dreyer caught the equivalence. UGC, CGCG and MCG label this galaxy as IC 3273 and ignore the NGC designation.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/24/90): faint, edge-on SW-NE, low surface brightness. A mag 13 star is involved at the east edge of the core.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb