400/500mm - 17.5" (6/14/96): very faint, small, elongated 3:2 N-S, low even surface brightness. Searched for after viewing NGC 5459 25' N. A mag 15 star lies 1' S. Reference to DSS shows this "star" is MCG +02-36-034 = CGCG 074-087 = VV 328b which forms an interacting pair with UGC 9002.

600/800mm - 24" (7/1/19): at 225x and 375x; faint, fairly small, diffuse, very low nearly even surface brightness, only a very weak concentration, roughly 45"x30" though difficult to gauge the diameter. A mag 11.3 star is 2.7' WNW.

CGCG 074-087, located 1' SSE, appeared very small with a diameter of 0.3', contains a very bright nucleus/core of high surface brightness and a thin halo. The two galaxies have the same redshift, so the distorted appearance of UGC 9002 is due to the interaction.