Lewis Swift discovered IC 5325 = Sw. XI-230 on 8 Aug 1897 and recorded "pB; pS; R; 9m * close s[outh]." His position was 9' too far south, but the identification is certain. DeLisle Stewart picked it up on a Harvard plate at Arequipa in 1900 and described it as "F, S, R, gbM, * 1' sp (A.N. 147, 209, Sw. XI, 230)". Stewart's accurate position was used in the IC.

400/500mm - 18" (10/16/09): moderately bright, slightly elongated NW-SE, 1.5'x1.2', irregular. Located just 1' NE of an 11th magnitude star (not in GSC). This object appears more like an emission nebula than a galaxy with a slightly brighter region that seems offset to the north side. This object is brighter than most of the NGC galaxies in the area and was surprisingly missed by John Herschel.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb