600/800mm - 24" (8/30/16): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, 0.6'x0.4', slightly brighter core. The beginning of the northern spiral arm was just visible bending to the west. Slightly brighter of a pair with UGC 813 ("Taffy 2 pair") 45" SW.

24" (10/13/12): At 375x appeared fairly faint to moderately bright, elongated 5:2 ~N-S, ~0.6'x0.25', brighter core. Slightly brighter and larger of a "Taffy" pair with UGC 813 just 50" SW. CGCG 551-011 lies 3' SW forming a triplet (VV 769).

900/1200mm - 48" (11/1/13): At 610x and 697x appeared moderately to fairly bright, moderately large, very elongated 5:2 or 3:1 roughly N-S. Well concentrated with a small bright core that increases to a quasi-stellar nucleus. Extending from the central "bar" are the beginning of spiral arms; the northern arm fades rapidly as it curves sharply clockwise to the west towards UGC 813, its interacting companion. The southern counterpart is fainter, but bends eastward with the total length to the ends of the arms ~1.0'. A number of mag 10-15 stars litter the field.