William Herschel discovered NGC 5347 = H II-424 = h1695 on 2 May 1785 (sweep 406) and noted "F, pL, lbM." His position is 6' too far north." JH recorded "pB; L; R; 40". If this be my Father's nebula, there is an error of 6' in his polar distance." JH's position matches UGC 8805.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/5/99): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.7'. Broad concentration to a brighter core. At times there appears to be brighter spot involved (extremely faint star?), although I was not able to confirm this impression. A mag 10.5 star with two mag 13.5/14 companions lies 3' NE. Located 8.5' NE of mag 8 SAO 63805.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb