400/500mm - 17.5" (3/16/96): the "Integral Sign" galaxy appears as a very faint, extremely thin ghostly streak oriented WSW-ENE, at least 2.5'x0.3'. Low surface brightness with no significant concentration. The curved tips were not seen. Difficult at 100x but shows up well at 220x. Forms a pair with moderately bright UGC 3714 7.6' SE.

600/800mm - 24" (2/5/13): at 125x the Integral Sign Galaxy was easily visible just south of a line connecting mag 6.4 HD 54070 12' ESE and mag 7.0 HD 52762 13' NW. At 375x the galaxy extends 2.2'x0.2' (~12:1) ~E-W. The galaxy has a fairly even surface brightness with just a slightly brighter core, though fades on the west end as it bends or hooks towards the north. This extension has a very low surface brightness. 1' off the east end is a mag 14.5 star. A fainter mag 15.5 is close south on the west side at the point where the galaxy bends north and dims. No structure or bending was seen on the east end and the brightness falls off rapidly at the tip.

900/1200mm - 48" (4/13/10): The Integral Sign galaxy was carefully observed at 510x. This super-thin galaxy extended 3.3'x0.15' E-W for roughly a 20:1 axial ratio! Near the west end of the galaxy there is a noticeable hook towards the northwest as the galaxy fades and ends at a very faint star or knot [there is an extremely small HII knot at the NW tip]. The low surface brightness portion near the west end has an irregular, streaky appearance with the impression of knotty structure near the tip. The eastern end has a much more gradual, subtle bending so that the eastern tip is pointing due east, although the central portion of the galaxy is oriented WSW-ENE. A mag 16 star is just off the north side, slightly west of center and a mag 15.5 star is off the south side where the hook begins on the western side.