William Herschel discovered NGC 5007 = H III-848 on 19 Mar 1790 (sweep 953) and noted "vF, vS." CH's reduced position is 15 sec of time east of UGC 8240.

400/500mm - 18" (6/27/03): faint, small, round, 0.5' diameter, slightly brighter core. A mag 14.5 star lies 0.9' NW. Located 5.3' SW of mag 6.5 SAO 15999, which detracts from viewing. In an interesting group with three UGC galaxies in the field of a bright star! UGC 8234 6.5' NW, UGC 8237 8' NW and U8214 11.5' WNW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb