William Herschel discovered NGC 5637 = H II-357 = h1819 on 10 Apr 1785 (sweep 394) and recorded "F, S, lbM, irr." His position is 3.5' too far north. John Herschel made two observations (first on 22 May 1830) and his mean position is a good match with UGC 9293.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/22/01): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~E-W, 0.7'x0.5', nearly even surface brightness. A mag 14.5 star is 1.3' NW. Several mag 11 stars are in the field with the closes 3.6' ESE. UGC 9322 lies 20' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb