400/500mm - 17.5" (3/1/03): this galaxy is the largest known Sc galaxy with a diameter is about 250 kpc (roughly 10 times Milky Way). At 220x, appeared very faint, small, round. Contains a 20" diameter core with weak concentration and a very low surface brightness halo. The view is hampered by a mag 10.7 star 40" NE of center. The DSS images reveals larger low surface brightness arms extending SW-NE and encompassing this star. Located 4.6' NW of mag 8.7 SAO 56787 and 1.2? WSW of Xi Persei. Member of the Pisces-Perseus Supercluster (z = 0.19).