400/500mm - 17.5" (7/16/01): extremely faint, moderately large, ghostly streak, requires averted vision. Sometimes only a vaguely seen elongated glow was glimpsed, but at moments the galaxy sharpened to a very thin streak oriented exactly E-W, ~1.5'x0.3'. Bracketed by a mag 10 star 3' NNE and a mag 12 star 3.5' SSW. Located 18' N of mag 7.5 star.