400/500mm - 17.5" (6/4/94): faint, small, round, even surface brightness. A mag 12 star is 3.3' SSW of center. This galaxy is the south member of a trio with NGC 5436 3.4' NNW and NGC 5438 5.2' N. The double system NGC 5434A and NGC 5434B is 7.5' SW. Member of the NGC 5416 cluster.