William Herschel discovered NGC 5337 = H III-698 = h1691 on 14 Jan 1788 (sweep 799) and noted "vF, S." JH logged "S; irr R; has a bright star 8th mag preceding" and measured an accurate position.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/6/86): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, brighter core. NGC 5346 is 9.8' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb