William Herschel discovered NGC 5622 = H III-677 = h1809 on 15 May 1787 (sweep 736) and recorded "vF, pS, lE." Caroline's reduced position is 1' north of UGC 9248. On 13 May 1830 (sweep 257), John Herschel logged, "vF; pL; R; vglbM; 30"." On 17 Mar 1868, Sir Robert Ball (LdR's assistant) logged, "E pf, susp spiral arm from foll end toward north."

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/12/99): faint, moderately large, elongated 5:3 E-W, ~1.5'x1.1'. There is a broad, weak concentration but no core. A mag 14 star is 2.5' SSW and another 3.0' E. A brighter mag 11.5 star lies 4.6' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb