Guillaume Bigourdan discovered IC 5180 = Big. 345 on 21 Sep 1890. His position is accurate. MCG doesn't label +06-48-012 as IC 5180.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/30/92): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, gradually increases to a very small bright core, stellar nucleus. Located in a rich star field. Brighter of a pair with MCG +06-48-014 3.2' SE. NGC 7227 lies 13' SSE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb