600/800mm - 24" (3/22/14): extremely faint, thin streak with a very low surface brightness. Could only glimpse for moments, but roughly 0.5'x0.1' SW-NE. A mag 15.5 star is just west of the SW flank.

24" (1/25/14): extremely faint, thin edge-on 6:1 SW-NE, 0.6'x0.1', very low even surface brightness. A mag 15.5 star is just off the west edge. Visually, this is the faintest member of the KTG 20 triplet with compact CGCG 118-068 1.0' S. Located 2' SSE of IC 497, the brightest member.