William Herschel discovered NGC 5034 = H III-909 on 7 Apr 1793 (sweep 1037) and noted "vF, vS, R." His RA is 30 sec too small (most objects on this sweep have similar errors).

400/500mm - 18" (6/27/03): very faint, small, irregularly round, 0.5'x0.4', low even surface brightness. Requires averted vision although viewed nearly 6 hrs passed the meridian with the galaxy fairly low. Forms the east vertex of a triangle with mag 12/13 stars 2.7' WNW and 4' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb