On the DSS the outer arms (?) appear to form a distinct ring and V-V included this object in a 1984 note "On the Cigar-Shaped Ring Galaxies" (1984SvAL...10..205V).

600/800mm - 24" (2/16/15): at 322x; fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, sharply concentrated with a 40"x15" high surface brightness core embedded in a very low surface brightness halo, ~1.0'x0.4'. Member of the LGG 149 = WBL 153 group (distance ~180 million l.y.) with UGC 4028 13' W and UGC 4014 19' WSW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb