400/500mm - 17.5" (11/30/91): extremely faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE. A mag 12.5 star is just 36" NW of center.

600/800mm - 24" (8/31/16): at 324x; faint to fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, 30"x12", slightly brighter core. A mag 12.6 star is just 36" NW of center and interferes somewhat with the visibility. The outer elliptical ring (formin the "Bow-tie" was not seen.

Forms a pair with UGC 12847 (probably NGC 7787) 4.0' W. The companion appeared faint to fairly faint, small, round, stellar nucleus, ~15" diameter. UGC 12847 is comparable in visibility to UGC 12849 and matches the discovery position. Harold Corwin concurs that UGC 12847 is likely NGC 7787.