Ormond Stone discovered NGC 5810 = LM 1-218 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory and logged "eF, vS, lE 230°, bet 2 vF stars." His rough position (nearest min of RA and arcmin of Dec) is 1.5 min of RA west and 1' north of ESO 581-018 and his description matches this galaxy. Herbert Howe measured an accurate position in 1899-1900 (repeated in the IC 2 Notes).

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/29/00): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.7', broad weak concentration. Bracketed by two mag 14/15 stars off the north and south ends [48" and 41" from center, respectively].

Notes by Steve Gottlieb