William Herschel discovered NGC 5342 = H III-849 = h1694 on 19 Mar 1790 (sweep 953) and noted "vF, vS." CH's reduced position is 13 tsec following UGC 8776. JH simply noted "eF", but measured a more accurate position (in the NGC).

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/5/99): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 0.8'x0.3'. Sharp concentration with a very small bright core and stellar nucleus. Located 25' SE of NGC 5322.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb