400/500mm - 17.5" (3/23/85): moderately bright, fairly small, pretty diffuse, weak broad concentration, faint stellar nucleus. A mag 13.5 star is 1.1' SE, a mag 10.5 star 3.4' W and a mag 11.5 star 3.7' NE. Located 1° SE of Zeta Leonis (V = 3.6).

900/1200mm - 48" (3/1/19): at 488x; bright, large, roundish, ~1.8' diameter. A very strong, well defined spiral arm is attached at the southeast side of the core. It curled ~90° counterclockwise to the south and west. The arm dimmed significantly at the apparent end, but looking carefully I could detect very faint haze further SW in the outer fringes of the galaxy. Further south of this arm, the outer edge of the galaxy was barely visible as the surface brightness was very low. The spiral arm on the north side of the galaxy was poorly seen, but a relatively large knot [several HII knots on the SDSS] was visible 25" N of center. A short section of the spiral arm was also visible extending east from this knot. A mag 15.4 star is east of the core [40" from center] and very faint haze from the ragged outer halo was detected beyond this star, along with a very dim knot (HII region in the outermost spiral arm) 1' E of center. A mag 13.9 star is 1.1' SE of center, just beyond the halo. A mag 10.9 star is 3.4' W.