This is a special galaxy, being totally edge-on, although this can be seen only on long-exposition photographs. Visually it rather looks like a smaller galaxy laying in a 45 degree angle. What I see however, is only the core of the galaxy and its nearest vicinity. This core is cut into two halves by the dark dust path of the galactic plane, which can only hardly be seen visually, but it is not impossible by using extreme large magnifications. For me it stayed hidden even with 250x, although conditions were not favourable for galaxy hunting. I estimate its average surface brightness to 13m, and its size 1x2.5', but it's obvious that the whole galaxy is much larger than this.