Paul, thanks for putting this beautiful galaxy on my radar. I observed it on Friday night (24th March 2023) from the Hovatter Road Antenna Site, which is where Hemant and I went after finding the Anza-Borrego desert too windy and a tad too bright for my taste. (For context, I had a social visit with Paul last week). I'll have to revisit your fabulous backyard desert again for the other things it has to offer! Here's what I logged with my 18" f/4.5, I had no tracking:
"A bright galaxy near a distracting double star. A round core with a roughly E-W elongated bar are easily seen. With effort, the "cap" of the leading (western) end of the bar is seen as a curved protrusion. The lagging (eastern) end-cap appears very occasionally."
I bet this would be a sight in Jimi's telescope.