NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC4051
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 12:3:9.6
Declination: +44:31:55
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 10.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: B, vL, E, vgvsmbM * 11
Sub-type: SBbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4051
17.5" (3/8/97): fairly bright, large, ~4.0'x2.5' NW-SE. Nearly extends to a mag 11 star 2.2' W. Very bright, very small core increasing to a bright stellar nucleus (original Seyfert galaxy list). The galaxy shows signs of spiral structure and there appears to be a short outer spiral arm attached at the SE end hooking north separated by a slightly darker region between the main body (verified on photo).