UGC 2773 contains UGC 2773-OT, a 19th magnitude supernova imposter, whose decade-long eruption is so far the best known analog of Eta Car's 19th century eruption!

600/800mm - 24" (2/15/18): UGC 2773 is a member of the IC 342/Maffei I group and is heavily obscured. At 282x it appeared fairly faint, moderately large, irregularly round, ~1' diameter, with a fairly low but uneven surface brightness. At 375x some slightly brighter regions caught my eye for brief moments, though they didn't appear to be in center region. Located in a field rich in fainter stars 7' SE of mag 6.8 HD 21641, 14' S of mag 5.5 HD 21699 and 20' SE of mag 4.3 Sigma (35) Persei.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb