400/500mm - 17.5" (4/13/96): at 100x, appears as a nearly stellar 13 object situated just 2' SSW of 6th magnitude 51 UMa. In comparison to similar foreground stars, this compact Markarian galaxy has a "soft" appearance with a very small and extremely faint halo. Using a comparison sequence, this variable active nucleus appeared ~mag 13.3.

17.5" (5/22/93): appears as a mag 13.5 stellar object located just 2.1' SSW of 51 Ursa Majoris (V = 6.0) and 4' SW of mag 7.4 SAO 62392! No halo seen at 220x. This extremely compact galaxy has the most variable active galactic nucleus! (V = 12.4-14.0).