John Herschel discovered NGC 5800 = h3585 on 8 Jul 1834 and recorded "A pL cl VII class; coarse; not comp; chief D* taken." His position corresponds with a wide mag 7/9 pair at 49" separation surrounded by a scattered group of stars. This appears to be an asterism. The RNGC New Description reads "NOCL?"

300/350mm - 14" (4/3/16 - Coonabarabran, 145x and 178x): this small bright asterism contains four bright stars, three in a N-S string. The brightest is mag 7.4 HD 132606 = HJ 4723 (7.6/10.0 at 5"). Referring to this star, 2nd is mag 8.9 HD 132552 2.5' W, 3rd brightest is a mag 9.1 star 2' SSW, and 4th is a mag 9.6 star 0.8' SW. A total of 8 stars are within a square region 2' on each side.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb