Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, discovered NGC 5753, along with NGC 5752 and 5755, on 1 Apr 1878 while observing NGC 5754. With respect to NGC 5755, he noted another nebula that was "F, bM, pos 324.7°, dist 121.1". Parsons' micrometric offsets clearly pinpoints MCG +07-30-062 as NGC 5753. The RNGC reverses the identifications of NGC 5753 and NGC 5754. See my RNGC Corrections #2.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/21/93): extremely faint, very small, round, visible with averted vision only. Forms a pair with NGC 5755 1.9' SE. In a quartet with the NGC 5752/NGC 5754 pair 4' S.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb