Royal Frost discovered IC 5320 = F. 1234, along with IC 5322, on a plate taken on 12 Oct 1903 at Harvard's Arequipa station in Peru. He noted "bM, magn 14." His position, though, 1 minute of time too far west (same as IC 5322), so the RA is out of order with IC 5323 and 5324.

600/800mm - 30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; faint to fairly faint, small, round, 20" diameter. Forms a close pair with similar IC 5322 0.9' E. In a quartet with brighter IC 5324 3.7' S and IC 5323 5.4' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb