Lewis Swift discovered NGC 5325 = Sw. II-36 on 14 Jun 1885 and recorded "eeF; pS; R; v diff; 2 B st near." His position is 1.4' northeast of CGCG 218-062. The first edition of the Deep Sky Field Guide lists NGC 5325A and NGC 5325B. It appears that NGC 5325A refers to the low surface brightness edge-on UGC 8760, which is located about 15' south.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/5/99): very faint, fairly small, round, 0.7' diameter, very low surface brightness, no concentration. Required averted vision. Two mag 11 stars at 2' separation are roughly 5' NW. Forms a pair with very difficult MCG +07-28-081 2.1' S.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb