NGC 4051
Ursa Major
Penryn, California
January 2007 / 2009 (lum)
FS-128 (ag, ST-4)
ST-2000XM RGB 15 minute subs, Lum 10 minute subs
NGC 4051 is a super luminous H20 maser driven,
Seyfert 1 galaxy with short period variability in X-ray emissions from the AGN
(active galactic nuclei). NGC 4051 is classified as SBbc with a surface
brightness of 13.6, red shift distance is 32 Mly.