Heinrich d'Arrest discovered NGC 5283 on 7 Oct 1866 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen. His single position is very accurate. MCG +11-17-007 is not labeled NGC 5283.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/11/02): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter. Increases to a bright core and occasional stellar nucleus (this is a Seyfert galaxy!). Collinear with a mag 14 star 2.4' NE and a mag 10.5 star 4.7' NE. Another mag 14 star lies 2.5' W.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb