This Sbc-galaxy in the constellation Leo shows rich structured spiral arms with numerous star forming regions and hot blue stars causing its blue colour visible on colour images. The strong brightening toward the center and the bright stellar core may indicate an AGN-galaxy. The outer region is formed by an extended week spiral arm with a prominent dark lane and an irregular halo raising above the spiral structure. The trail at the lower border to the right is the minor planet 1998 KX52 at 17mag and the weeker one at the outer right border up the middle could be identified with the minor planet 2001 TD191 at 20mag. Two further trails at the upper border of the image in the middle and to the right are minor planets not identified by the MPC up to now!

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