William Herschel discovered NGC 5936 = H II-130 = Sf 24 on 12 Apr 1784 (sweep 190) and recorded "F, not S, iF, resolvable." There is nothing near his position, but 40 sec of RA east and 2' north is UGC 9867, the only reasonably bright galaxy in the area. d'Arrest measured an accurate micrometric position (in the NGC).

Truman Safford found the galaxy again on 1 Jun 1866 with the 18.5-inch Clark refractor at the Dearborn Observatory, assumed it was new, and included it in his 1887 discovery list.

300/350mm - 13.1" (6/4/83): fairly faint, fairly small, diffuse, almost even surface brightness. Located 13' ESE of mag 7.1 SAO 101577.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb