William Herschel discovered NGC 5671 = H III-882 on 6 May 1791 (sweep 1005) and noted "vF, pS, R, bM." CH's reduced position is 6' southeast of UGC 9297. Bigourdan measured an accurate position on 27 Jun 1887. MCG does not label this galaxy as NGC 5671.

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/12/99): fairly faint, moderately large, irregularly round, ~1.2'x0.9' SW-NE. Weak concentration to a slightly brighter core. Ill defined halo appears to change orientation with averted vision, so difficult to pin down the PA (the bar and core is elongated NW-SE but the arms are oriented SW-NE). Forms the eastern vertex of an obtuse triangle with two mag 10 stars 3.8' SW and 8.1' WSW. MCG +12-14-4 is just outside the 220x field 12.5' NNW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb