400/500mm - 17.5" (3/8/97): preceding member of a double system with similar UGC 3446, 43" separation between centers. Fairly faint, small, slightly elongated E-W, 30"x20" (only core viewed), moderate concentration with a very small fairly prominent nucleus. A mag 12.5 star lies 1' S which is part of a long string heading to the NE. Located 2' NE of a mag 10 star. Picked up while searching for IC 2166 located 1 degree east.