Wilhelm Tempel discovered NGC 5562 on 28 Jun 1883 while observing NGC 5511 and reported it in discovery list VIII. In the narrative portion of the paper, he describes (translation from Wolfgang Steinicke) "Two degrees north of it NGC 5511], I found on June 28th a new nebula and have seen it several times. At this time I can specify its position only from Argelander's atlas [the BD]: 14h 13m Os +10d 39'. It is small, III; 3' south-preceding the nebula is a star 11m, and 3 sec following is a very faint star." Tempel's rough position is 16' south of UGC 9174 but his description applies to this galaxy. Bigourdan was unable to recover this galaxy (probably due to the poor offset from the BD star). See Corwin's identification notes.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/1/02): faint, small, slightly elongated WSW-ENE, 0.4'x0.3', even surface brightness. A mag 14 star is 1.0' SE of center. Located 3.1' NE of a mag 11 star. UGC 9177 lies 11' NNE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb