Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 5179 = T VIII-3 on 11 May 1883 while searching for comet d'Arrest. His position matches MCG +02-34-023 = PGC 47363. Dreyer incorrectly credited Sherburne Burnham at the Dearborn Observatory with the discovery, but he only found NGC 5165 and 5171 (AN 2524). Ernst Hartwig found NGC 5179 again on 29 Jun 1883, also while searching for comet d'Arrest (AN 2688).

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/27/95): faint, very small, round, 20" diameter. Second brightest in a tight group of five galaxies with brightest member NGC 5171 2.4' WSW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb