William Herschel discovered NGC 5352 = H II-415 = h1700 on 1 May 1785 (sweep 405) and noted "F, S, irr." JH made two observations, recording (sweep 71) "pF; R; 30"; has a star 90" distance, 25° nf."

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/5/99): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter, weak concentration. A small group of stars of a half a dozen stars is close following and the galaxy is roughly collinear with two mag 11.5 and 13 stars 1.5' and 3' following.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb