Stephane Javelle discovered IC 5369 = J. 3-1460, along with IC 5370, 5371, 5372 and 5373, on 9 Nov 1899. His positions are all offset 1' to the south, due to an error in the position of his reference star. IC 5369 was described as "faint, round, 20" to 25" diameter, mag 15 stellar nucleus."

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/4/97): extremely faint, very small, elongated WSW-ESE. Requires averted at 280x for clear view, so doesn't appear as bright as CGCG magnitude (15.3z). Collinear with two mag 10.5 stars (~3' S) which are two vertices of a nice equilateral triangle of similar bright stars with sides 1'. First of five in the IC 5370 cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb