William Herschel discovered NGC 5293 = H V-6 on 21 Mar 1784 (sweep 182) and noted "eF, vL, r." His position is 10 sec of RA west and 2.3' north of UGC 8710. In the Collected Papers of WH, there is a note stating "The place of this neb. Is not determined wit accuracy. No modern observations known." Dreyer adds that "Tempel (AN 2522) found only a F, vS neb here."

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/5/99): faint, moderately large, irregularly round, low surface brightness, ill-defined halo, very weak concentration. Located 2.6' N of a mag 13 star.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb