Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 5827 = St XI-28 on 8 Jun 1880. His position matches UGC 9662. Truman Safford apparently discovered this galaxy on 15 Jun 1866 with the 18.5-inch Clark refractor at the Dearborn Observatory. His position is 1.6' too far north (accurate in RA), though he commented "doubtful" and didn't assign it a (Safford) number.

400/500mm - 17.5" (5/2/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 NW-SE, broad concentration, very faint stellar nucleus at moments. A mag 11.5 star is 3.7' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb