Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 5041 on 19 Apr 1865 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen. His position (measured on 3 nights) matches UGC 8319, although Dreyer made a digit error and the NGC declination is exactly 10' too small. Max Wolf noted this error in Konigstuhl-Nebel List #9 (the correct position is given under #215).

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/27/00): faint, fairly small, irregular round, relatively low surface brightness, 1' diameter, weakly concentrated. The core appears to be elongated NW-SE within a slightly fainter rounder halo. Located 26' SW of NGC 5056 in a group.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb