I opened this thread today, and I realized I never posted my observation from 2019. I came across this galaxy when looking at the pretty Hubble pics on some wikipedia page (that I can't find anymore). I was surprised when I looked at the POSSII and saw that it had an unusually high surface brightness for something that did not have an NGC, IC, UGC, Arp or VV designation! Jimi was able to look at it through his 48", and thanks to Jimi, I eventually managed to glimpse it through his 48" in 2019. Here is my log from Apr 30, 2019:

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I'm itching to try this in my 18" since it does seem likely to be feasible by looking at the high surface brightness on the POSII. The 20" observation by Ivan gives me lot more confidence.