William Herschel discovered NGC 5695 = H II-423 = h1851 on 1 May 1785 (sweep 405) and recorded "pF, pS, irr, bM." JH made 3 observations and called it (sweep 69) "pB; S; bM." This was last of 42 galaxies in the sweep that he discovered within a two and half hour period!!

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/21/93): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 1.2'x0.8', evenly concentrated down to a very small bright core. A mag 12 star is 2.8' W. NGC 5684 lies 20' W.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb