William Herschel discovered NGC 5019 = H III-545 = h1555 on 17 Apr 1786 (sweep 553) and logged "eF, cS, er." JH measured a fairly accurate position.

400/500mm - 18" (5/28/06): very faint, very small, round, 0.4' diameter, very weak concentration. A 20' string of a half dozen mag 11 stars oriented NW to SE passes to the south of the galaxy.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb