400/500mm - 18" (3/29/03): this is a triple system listed as NGC 3280A/3280B/3280C in NED and NGC 3280/3280A/3280B in the second edition of the Uranometria DSFG. At 262x there was a confused glow, ~1' diameter. Within the glow, two small knots NGC 3280w and NGC 3280e), ~0.4' and 0.3' were resolved, oriented E-W, with the larger component on the west side (separation is 40" between centers). At moments there was a impression of the very small and faint third component squeezed between these two galaxies. In a small group with NGC 3296 4.8' S and NGC 3297 7.1' ESE. Located 4.6' NE of a mag 9.5 star.