Edward Swift, Lewis' 13 year-old son, discovered NGC 6395 = Sw. I-63 on 18 Sep 1884. The description reads "vF; pL; lE; double star north; 2 stars near point to it." His position is 30 seconds of time too large. Bigourdan's measured an accurate position on 8 Aug 1888 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/11/88): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated SSW-NNE. Two mag 12 stars are at the north end 1.5' and 2.5' NNE of center and a mag 14.5 star is off the south end 2.3' from center.

600/800mm - 24" (6/28/16): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated ~5:2 SSW-NNE, ~1.5'x0.6'. The surface brightness is low but irregular on the northern end and brighter on the southern half. The galaxy is somewhat mottled or knotty, though one knot is probably the core. A mag 15 star is just east of the northern end. IC 1261 (double system) lies 18' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb