William Herschel discovered NGC 5547 = H III-948 on 20 Dec 1797 (sweep 1074) and noted "eF, vS, E near the meridian." Caroline's reduced position is 25 sec of RA east of UGC 9095 (only 1.2' at this declination.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/16/93): faint, small, round, 0.6' diameter, low even surface brightness. A string of three mag 12-14 stars are equally spaced about 3' to the west and oriented SW-NE. An extremely faint mag 16 star is just off the south edge.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb