William Herschel discovered NGC 5652 = H II-891 = h1825 on 12 May 1793 (sweep 1043) and logged "pB; pL; lE; BM." His position is just off the northwest side of this galaxy. John Herschel made two observations (first on 9 May 1828) and d'Arrest measured a single accurate position. Lewis Swift found this galaxy again on 19 Apr 1887 and assumed Sw. VI-67 (later NGC 5650) was new. So NGC 5652 = NGC 5650.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/8/91): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, low almost even surface brightness but appears brighter on the west side. NGC 5661 lies 21' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb