This nearly edge-on spiral galaxy is located next to c Ursae Majoris. Cookbook 245 LDC camera was used on Celestron Ultima 8 SCT with f6.3 focal reducer. Telescope was autoguided with Cookbook 211 LDC camera on a piggybacked 500mm f8 telephoto lens.
North is to the right.
Bright supernova changes the appearence of this galaxy in the spring of 1988.