William Herschel discovered NGC 5199 = H III-406 = h1624 on 1 May 1785 (sweep 405) and noted "vF, vS, lE." CH's reduction is 25 sec of time preceding UGC 8504.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/8/02): faint, small, round, 0.4' diameter. Picked up at 100x 2.1' NE of a mag 13 star. Located 27' WSW of mag 6.8 SAO 63599 and 46' WNW of NGC 5223 group.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb