William Herschel discovered NGC 5295 = H III-946 on 20 Dec 1797 (far northern sweep 1074) and noted "cF, vS, R. 320 showed it very plainly." CH's reduced position is 1.5 tmin east and 2' south (a separation of 4.7' at this declination) of CGCG 353-023 = PGC 48215 and there are no other nearby candidates. Dreyer mentioned using a different star in the sweep as a reference and his position is then 45 tsec too far east and 1' north. Neither JH nor LdR made an observation.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/11/02): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter. No other details visible. Located 8' NE of mag 7.5 SAO 7856 near the Ursa Minor/Camelopardalis border.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb