400/500mm - 17.5" (7/28/00): faint, fairly small, very elongated 7:2 N-S, 1.5'x0.4', even surface brightness. UGC 11909 is situated just 6.8? below the galactic plane in a rich Lacerta star field. The galaxy has a very neat appearance with the double star Espin 532 = 10.4/10.5 at 9" just off the NE edge. Also a couple of faint stars are superimposed and a couple of extremely faint stars are just off the SE end. Located 6' W of mag 9 SAO 51661.