William Herschel discovered NGC 5263 = H III-370 = h1658 on 11 Apr 1785 (sweep 396) and remarked "vF, S, mE nearly in the meridian." CH's reduction is 2.2' south of UGC 8648. JH noted "pB; has a * 9m 4' distance; 45° sp." This galaxy was observed on 5 nights with LdR's 72".

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/27/95): faint, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, 1.0'x0.3', no central brightening. Located 3.1' NNE of mag 9.5 SAO 82932. Also, the galaxy is 30' preceding the beautiful globular cluster M3 in the same low power field! Easy to view both at 100x with a 20mm Nagler.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb