UGC 3789 is an unusual teardrop shaped galaxy (distorted inner ring) with a faint outer ring.

600/800mm - 24" (2/22/14): at 260x appeared fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, very bright core increases to a very bright stellar nucleus! Unusually bright for a UGC galaxy. A nice double (STI 640 = 11.6/11.9 at 10") is 2.4' SW. Forms a trio with UGC 3797 4.3' ENE and CGCG 286-006 12' W. Located 6.8' NNW of mag 6.7 HD 56243.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb