400/500mm - 18" (11/23/05): extremely faint, very small, 15" diameter, very low surface brightness. A mag 14 star lies 30" NNE. This is the fainter member of the double system Arp 273 with UGC 1810 just 1.3' NW. Two bright stars are near including a striking double ?251= 8/9 at 2.2".

900/1200mm - 48" (2/18/12): at 488x, the fainter member of Arp 273 appeared as a fairly faint, thin edge-on 4:1 E-W, 0.6'x0.15', slightly brighter core. The curving tips were not seen.