William Herschel discovered NGC 5475 = H II-800 = h1750 on 14 Apr 1789 (sweep 921) and noted "pB, S." JH recorded (single observation) "pB; S; pmE; bM; 18" l, 12" br." His position is accurate.

300/350mm - 13.1" (5/26/84): fairly faint, small, edge-on streak NNW-SSE. Located 25' ESE of NGC 5443 in the NGC 5485 group (LGG 373).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb