Lewis Swift discovered NGC 5425 = Sw. I-27 on 16 Jun 1884 and recorded "vvF; S; lE; bright star 4' n; 2 coarse double stars in field." His RA is 38 sec too large, but his comment of the nearby bright star clinches this identification. Herbert Howe measured an accurate micrometric position and he noted the galaxy was elongated in PA 290°.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/23/01): fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 7:2 NW-SE, 1.4'x0.4'. Broad concentration but no well-defined core. Located 3.6' S of a mag 11 star. Member of a nearby galaxy group (LGG 372) along with NGC 5448 48' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb