Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 5167 on 7 Jun 1883 by Tempel. He described in list VII (AN 2522) "I found a new nebula on 7 June and observed it again on the 8th. The nebula follows close on the parallel by 54s to DM + 13 ° 2669 [HD 117079], class III; south of it is a * 12." He description matches CGCG 072-080 = PGC 47277.

400/500mm - 18" (5/29/05): faint, small, round, 0.5' diameter, weak concentration. Forms the northern vertex of an equilateral triangle with two mag 13/14 stars 2' SSW and 2' SE. Located 13' E of a mag 8.2 star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb