Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 5935 = St XI-34, along with NGC 5934, on 12 Jun 1880. His position is accurate. Harold Corwin notes that NGC 5935 is misidentified in the UGC Notes (for NGC 5934 = UGC 9862) as NGC 5934."

400/500mm - 17.5" (6/21/93): very faint, very small, slightly elongated SW-NE, very small brighter core. A mag 13 star is 1.2' ESE. Forms a close pair with NGC 5934 1' SW. Second in a group of five galaxies with NGC 5945 16' E.

600/800mm - 24" (7/28/16): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 SSW-NNE, 30"x12", sharply concentrated with a very small or stellar nucleus. Forms an interacting pair with NGC 5934 1.1' SW. A mag 12.5 star is 1.2' SE. CGCG 222-012 is 4' NNW. In a group (WBL 569 and WBL 572) that includes NGC 5945 16' E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb