Lewis Swift discovered IC 5328 = Sw. XI-232 on 8 Aug 1897 and recorded "vF; S; R; bet 2 st; 8m sf, 7m sp." His position (in AN 3517) is less than 2' too far south and his description matches. The RA in his short third Lowe Observatory discovery list in Popular Astronomy is 52 seconds of time too small. Also the discovery date was first given as 8 Aug 1897, instead of 3 Oct 1897 in his large AN list. The earlier date appears to be correct as the list was dated 12 Sep 1897. Perhaps he remeasured the position on the later date.

300/350mm - 13.1" (9/3/86): fairly faint, fairly small, oval ~E-W, brighter core. Located 7' NE of mag 7 SAO 231655. Forms a very close pair with IC 5328A on the southwest edge, but the companion was not visible at the very low elevation from northern California.

600/800mm - 30" (10/13/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, fairly large, oval 3:2 SW-NE, ~1.8'x1.2'. The large, brighter core is sharply concentrated with an extremely bright nucleus. IC 5328A, a nearly superimposed companion, is attached at the southwest end of the halo. It appeared faint to fairly faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE, 20"x15", nearly even surface brightness. The galaxy is elongated in the direction of mag 6.9 HD 221473 located 9' SW. IC 5328B, located 14' SE, appeared fairly faint, edge-on 5:1 N-S, 0.5'x0.1', no noticeable core or nucleus, low surface brightness. The galaxy is collinear with a mag 10.8 star situated 1.9' S. The three galaxies are part of a physical group.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb