Albert Marth discovered NGC 3039 = m 184 on 22 Jan 1865 and logged "vF, S, iR." His position matches UGC 5297.
400/500mm - 17.5" (2/8/91): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, weak concentration, faint stellar nucleus. A mag 11 star is 3.9' WSW and two mag 12.5 stars lie 3.0' W and 1.5' N.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb