400/500mm - 18" (6/21/09): at 73x (31mm Nagler), I felt confident about detecting this local group dwarf as an extremely large, very low surface brightness "stain" by scanning in the field. The very weak brightening appeared roughly 25'x18' or possibly as large as 30'x20', oriented WSW-ENE. The southern border was noticed first (perhaps this was the northern border -- see 24" observation) as it appeared to have a slightly higher contrast or edge against a darker background further south. With extended viewing, the entire glow occasionally stood out above the surrounding background. A mag 9.4 star is just off the SW side and a mag 10 star is superimposed a little NE of the center.

600/800mm - 24" (7/7/13): the Ursa Minor Dwarf was immediately noticed at 125x (21mm Ethos) with a 50' field of view as an extremely large, roughly oval glow WSW-ENE, extending nearly 30'x20'. The edge was noticed first, particularly along the entire northern side where it has a slightly high contrast than the background. Barely off the ENE end is a mag 10.3 star and roughly at the WSW end is mag 9.4 SAO 16604. A mag 10.7 star is superimposed slightly NE of center. With extended viewing the entire galaxy was seen as an extremely low surface brightness glow and the outline could be traced around fully.

IC 1110, a small edge-on, lies 20' NE of center and 7' further ENE than the mag 10.3 star mentioned above. At 320x it appeared fairly faint, edge-on 4:1 WSW-ENE, 0.6'x0.15', very small bright core, distinct stellar nucleus.