UGC 5938 forms a 1.2' pair to the south-southeast with superthin UGC 5942 (FGC 134A). Both of these galaxies have an unusually "cometary" shape with a brighter tip and and a thin tail that fades at the ends.

900/1200mm - 48" (4/16/15): faint, moderately large, fairly low surface brightness streak ~6:1 SW-NE, ~30"x5. Appears brighter at the southwest end. A mag 16 star lies 30" W. I also noted an extremely faint star at the northeast end, but on checking the SDSS it turns out this is a very compact galaxy (PGC 2774147 = 2MASX J10515293+7734355, V = 17.0).

Notes by Steve Gottlieb