400/500mm - 17.5" (9/1/02): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~N-S, 0.9'x0.6'. Broad concentration except for a very small brighter core. A 4' chain of mag 11.5-14.5 stars to the NW leads to the galaxy. The closer two stars in the chain are a mag 13/14.5 pair at 23". Just off the following side of the galaxy is a mag 15 star.