Elevation 800 m, telescope D = 508 mm, F = 2000 mm. Sky 21.42 mag/sq arcsec, seeing 1 arcsec. VV 254, interacting galaxies in Peg (UGC 12914, 12915). The two roughly parallel extended galaxies are immediately visible in a 13 mm ocular. The inclined spiral form of each, with facing arms on the NW ends, is visible best in 8 mm. 5.5 mm brings out the bright nonstellar nucleus of A (the W component).