Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 5748 = St XII-67 on 14 Jun 1882. His position matches CGCG 134-029 = PGC 52672. This galaxy was possibly discovered earlier by George Bond at the Harvard College Observatory on 30 Dec 1850 and reported in AN 1453, but the approximate coordinates leaves this identification uncertain.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/20/01): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, 0.7'x0.5', weak concentration. Located between a mag 9.5 star 2.6' NNE and mag 9.2 SAO 83498 6.6' SSW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb