Looking at the details for the object in the GSC, I see it is classed as 3 – “non stellar”
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-ref=VIZ6066f68a1b2892&-out.add=.&-source=I/254/out&GSC=0028800235
so perhaps GSC 00288 00235 was detected in GSC as an area including the bright knots in the galaxy directly above it with an integrated brightness of mag 12?
British Astronomical Association
Supporting amateur astronomers since 1890