E.E. Barnard discovered IC 5193, along with IC 5191 and 5192, on 5 Dec 1888. His field sketch matches MCG +06-48-026 = PGC 68436. MCG and PGC don't label their equivalent entries as IC 5193.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/15/93): last of seven in the NGC 7242 group. Extremely faint and small, round. Forms the SE vertex of a small parallelogram with three mag 13 stars just preceding (sides are 1.3' by 0.8'). Located 3.4' SSE of NGC 7242.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb