John Herschel discovered NGC 5267 = h1661 on 28 Apr 1827 and firs recorded "F; S; R; gbM; 20"." He observed this galaxy on 4 different sweeps.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/2/00): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, small bright core, faint stellar nucleus. Situated between two mag 12.5-13.5 stars 2.3' NW and 2.8' SE. MCG +07-28-048 lies 6.6' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb