William Herschel discovered NGC 5111 = H III-119 = h1587 on 11 May 1784 (sweep 211) and recorded "eF, vS, stellar; 240 verified it; it is in a row with 2 vF stars and south-following them." John Herschel made two observations and his position on sweep 352 is a good match with MCG -02-34-041. NGC 5110 = Sw. III-71, found by Lewis Swift on 3 Jun 1886, is probably a duplicate observation. See that number.

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/21/01): moderately bright, round, 1.5' diameter, small bright core, stellar nucleus. Collinear with two mag 14 and 12 stars 1.2' W and 2.7' NW. Forms a pair with PGC 46719 (possibly NGC 5110) 8' SW. The NGC 5077 group lies ~50' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb