William Herschel discovered NGC 5025 = H III-649 = h1560 on 20 Mar 1787 (sweep 722) and noted "vF, S, lE." JH made 3 observations and noted (sweep 131) "vF; E; S; 30" south of a * 13m." His mean position matches UGC 8292.

400/500mm - 18" (7/1/03): faint, fairly small, edge-on 4:1 SW-NE, 1.1'x0.25', low even surface brightness. A mag 13.5 star is barely off the NE tip [37" from center]. Located 19' SE of mag 6.7 SAO 63396.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb