William Herschel discovered NGC 5372 = H III-809 = h1709 on 24 Apr 1789 (sweep 926) and noted "vF, vS." His position (CH's reduction) is 4' south of UGC 8843. JH made a single observation (sweep 345) and logged "not vF; S; E. I suspect it to be a double *13 and 14m involved in a nebula. His position is 2' too far southwest.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/22/01): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 0.6'x0.4'. Fairly high surface brightness though only a weak concentration. Forms the east vertex of a "keystone" with three mag 10-11 stars with longer sides of 5'. UGC 8836 is located 16' S.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb