Albert Marth discovered NGC 5373 = m 269 on 8 May 1864 and noted "vF, vS, stell." His position is within 1' of CGCG 046-014. Bigourdan could not find the galaxy (perhaps too faint).

400/500mm - 17.5" (4/28/90): extremely faint and small, round, low even surface brightness. Located 4' WNW of mag 9 SAO 120194. NGC 5363 lies 15' W. Last of 7 NGC galaxies in the NGC 5363 group.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb