George Phillips Bond discovered NGC 5366 = HN 14 on Feb 26 1853 with the 15-inch Merz refractor during the Harvard Zone Survey. He noted "a small, round nebula precedes [follows?} star #148, distant 2'." His position in AN 1453 matches the star in the survey and is 2' north of CGCG 018-007 = PGC 49569.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/10/91): very faint, very small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, even surface brightness. Unusual appearance as a mag 14 star is at the NE end and the galaxy appears to extend from the star in a fan-shape like a faint version of Hubble's Variable Nebula. Located 2.7' SSW of mag 9 SAO 120186.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb