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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.