Object: Galaxy NGC 4038 Constell: CRV RA: 12h 01.3m Decl: -18° 48' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 10.7m (p) Size: 2.6'x1.8' Type: Sp Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 11./12.4.1993, 23.25 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 126x Filter: Field: 30' NE Lim.mag: 6.2m Background sky: 1-2 Seeing: 2 Weather: Very good. Brightness: 4 Alt: 8° ! (as high as can be...) Description: A famous interacting pair with -39 (which was not visible). A faint elliptical glow, brighter on the E side and there seems to be a vF chain of brightenings along the E edge.