Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 5793 = LM 1-214, along with NGC 5796, in 1886 and recorded "mag 15.4; 0.8'x0.3'; lE 135°; bMN." His rough position (nearest min of RA) and description matches MCG -03-38-038. Herbert Howe's corrected micrometric position, given in his series of MN articles, is accurate.

300/350mm - 13.1" (6/18/85): faint, small, nearly edge-on streak NNW-SSE, bright core with faint extensions. Picked up while viewing NGC 5796 4' N.

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/30/00): fairly faint, moderately range, elongated nearly 3:1 NNW-SSE, ~1.5'x0.5'. Contains a small brighter core and a faint stellar nucleus with direct vision. Forms a pair with NGC 5796 5' N.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb