400/500mm - 17.5" (10/5/02): faint, small, elongated 4:3 SW-NE, 0.8'x0.6'. The main diffuse glow of the galaxy extends between a mag 13 just off the west side of the core and a mag 13.5 star at the east end of the halo. The surface brightness is fairly low except for a very small brighter core just following the mag 13 star. Located 1.8' SW of a mag 10 star and 3' W of ?251, a mag 8/9 2.5" pair that is a striking double at 263x. An edge-on companion UGC 1813 (forming Arp 273) close SE was not seen.

17.5" (8/6/02): very faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 0.9'x0.6'. Spans between two mag 13.5 stars on the NE end 40" from the core and superimposed on the west side just 19" from the core. The core of the galaxy is just a slightly brighter knot just following the preceding star. Two bright stars follow including mag 8.3 HD 14511 3.0' E and a mag 10 star 1.8' NE. At 263x, the mag 8 star was resolved into a very close unequal double = STF 251 = 8/9 at 2.5". Forms an interacting M51-type system (also classified as a collisional Ring galaxy) with UGC 1813 just 1.3' SE but the fainter companion was only marginally visible (viewed fairly low in the east). This pair is Arp 273 and is a Perseus-Pisces Supercluster member.

900/1200mm - 48" (10/29/16): at 488x; the unusual spiral structure in UGC 1810 = Hubble's "Rose" was easily visible. A long thin tidal arm can be traced attached to the north side of the bright core. It unfurls sharply counterclockwise to the east and passes through a mag 14 star. The arm shoots due south of this star on the east end of the galaxy and continues to curl southwest. It terminates due south (or a bit west) of the core, ~1' from center. A second low surface brightness arm is attached on the south side of the core and swings to the west, south of a superimposed mag 13.5 star. STF 251, an excellent 9.0/9.6 pair at 2.1" is 2.9' E. Forms a striking interacting pair (Arp 273 = VV 323) with UGC 1813 1.3' SE.

48" (2/18/12): larger and brighter component of Arp 273 along with UGC 1813, a thin edge-on 1.3' SE. At 488x the galaxy has an interesting chaotic appearance. It contains a very small bright core, ~15" diameter, with a bright nucleus. A mag 13.5 star is superimposed at the west edge of the core. A spiral arm emerges at the north side of the core and bends counterclockwise east towards a mag 14 star 40" NE of center and then fades out. The arm then reappears heading due south of the star for ~30", so the two sections seem detached at the star and unrelated. To the southwest of the core is a low surface brightness halo, increasing the overall size to 1.5'x1.0'.