400/500mm - 17.5" (10/5/02): faint, fairly small, round, 0.6' diameter, low surface brightness. Situated at the southeast side of a group of ~10 stars elongated N-S. UGC 1281 lies 16' WNW. Located 28' ESE of naked-eye mag 5.8 SAO 54994. Member of the Pisces-Perseus Supercluster.