600/800mm - 24" (12/1/13): VV 176a appeared fairly faint, small, round, 18" diameter. A mag 14.5-15 star lies 42" SE. VV 176 is a tight double system (15" separation) and at 375x the companion VV 176b occasionally "popped" as an extremely faint "star" on the SE edge. VV 176 = UGC 1191 is the brightest member of AGC 240 (800 million l.y.) with VV 177 = MCG +01-05-022 just 0.9' SW and 2MASX J01415951+0740508 lies 1.9' NW.