I've observed the three brightest members in my 24", labeled A, B and C in Jimi's image, though my notes I used the VV (Vortontsov-Velyaminov) lettering. I assume the seeing was subpar since I used lower than usual magnification.
24" (7/7/13): at 282x, three components of VV 129 were resolved. VV 129a, the brightest member, appeared very faint, small, round, ~0.3' diameter, visible continuously. VV 129c, just 35" N, appeared extremely faint, small, round, 10" diameter. VV 129e (MCG +04-38-047) lies 1.1' NE and appeared extremely faint (V = 16.2), very small, round, 0.2' diameter. I couldn't hold the latter galaxy continuously but it was repeatedly seen and confirmed. A quartet of mag 14-15.5 stars (similar size to VV 129) is less than 2' S. Two nearby galaxies were also observed: CGCG 137-077 lies 10' E and also LEDA 1650738 (V = 16.1) is 5' S.
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