Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  HD105663  ·  NGC 4151  ·  NGC 4156  ·  PGC 2145202  ·  PGC 2145586  ·  PGC 2147025  ·  PGC 2149501  ·  PGC 2151005  ·  PGC 2151305  ·  PGC 3096100  ·  PGC 38811
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NGC 4151 - Pigs with lipstick part V, Torben van Hees
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NGC 4151 - Pigs with lipstick part V

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NGC 4151 - Pigs with lipstick part V

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NGC 4151 is a Seyfert galaxy with an inner ring, in a distance of 52 million light years. There is a theory that its central supermassive black hole is really a system of two black holes. It hosted the supernova SN 2018aoq.

I really, really like this galaxy, but I fear I have not done it quite the justice it deserves. I did not realise mirror separation was off until after these nights, but more importantly high clouds ruined a lot of the exposures. I tried to cull all bad ones and had only 3 hours of integration left. So I just culled the very bad ones and put a lot of lipstick on this pig of an integration. A revisit is definitely planned for next year, weather permitting.

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NGC 4151 - Pigs with lipstick part V, Torben van Hees

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