Lewis Swift discovered NGC 5874 = Sw. I-42 on 11 Jun 1885 and recorded "vF; pL; R; in center of a large equilateral triangle of 3 bright stars." His position and description applies to UGC 9736.
400/500mm - 17.5" (5/23/87): faint, fairly large, diffuse, slightly elongated SW-NE.
Notes by Steve Gottlieb