This is a well studied Sy1 galaxy (573 references in NED) with designations in the UV, Infrared, Radio and X-ray.

600/800mm - 24" (2/8/18): a sharp, bright stellar nucleus was noticed at 200x but the halo was only suspected. At 375x; the bright stellar nuclues was surrounded by a small low surface brightness halo elongated N-S, ~18"x12". A number of mag 9-10 stars are within 10'

Notes by Steve Gottlieb