400/500mm - 17.5" (3/8/97): picked up while looking for NGC 2800, located 30' S. This galaxy is an edge-on, elongated 4:1 SW-NE, with an elongated brighter core. The major axis is collinear with a mag 12 star 1.8' NE of center. Located 6' NE of mag 8.5 SAO 27199.