William Herschel discovered NGC 5735 = H III-133 = h1870 on 17 May 1784 (sweep 219) and recorded "eF, cL, iR, lbM." JH made the single observation "vF; L; R" and measured an accurate position.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/21/93): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 4:3 ~E-W, 1.5'x1.1'. A mag 11 star is 4.2' WSW. In the field 7' NE is a pretty double star with components mag 11/12 at 19" separation.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb