600/800mm - 24" (12/21/16): fairly faint, thin edge-on 6:1 NNW-SSE, ~30"x5", even surface brightness. A mag 14.5 star is superimposed at the south end. UGC 3221 is situated 4.7' N of mag 9.2 HD 31807, which forms a very wide pair (50") with a mag 9.9 star. The galaxy is also 25' NE of a mag 6.2 star (HD 31623) and 24' S of NGC 1713, the brightest in a group (WBL 110 = HDCE 330).