John Herschel discovered NGC 5722 = h1865 on 26 Apr 1830 and recorded "vF; R; psbM; 15"; the third of 3 in a line". His position is 2.8' north of MCG +08-27-014. This galaxy has two fainter companions (NGC 5721 and NGC 5723), which were discovered and sketch at Birr Castle on 16 April 1855.

RNGC misidentifies NGC 5722 as NGC 5723. Also the MCG dec is 1' too far north, which places it north of(NGC 5721, instead of south. See Malcolm Thomson's Catalogue Corrections and Harold Corwin's identification notes.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/27/98): very faint, extremely small, round, 15" diameter. Collinear with NGC 5717 2.9' W and the mag 11/13 pair 6.5' W. A nice pair of mag 12.5 stars [26" separation] located 5' N is perfectly on line with this galaxy. Brightest in a tight grouping with NGC 5721 just 35" NNW and NGC 5723 1.5' NNE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb