UGC 5336

[COLOR="Purple"]Hi All!
Johannes Schedler's beautiful astrophoto of the day today clearly shows UGC 5336 next to M81. I never thought to look for it but now that I see how close it is to M81, I was wondering if it's worth a try. It's mag 14.4 so it's faint and being so near M81 might be a problem...swamped with the photons from big brother?

Anyway, has anyone seen this little guy? What aperture and magnification?
Thanks!
Bill[/COLOR]

Bill
I have looked at M81 many times with 20" and 40" Dobs from reasonably dark skies. I have never seen UGC 5336 but I have never specifically looked for it. Your post has me intrigued and I will look for a clear night to try it with the 40 inch. M81 is ideally positioned in the wee small hours of the morning at present--clear nights are traditionally hard to come by in the Midwest in Nov/Dec but we have been fortunate of late.