NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC285
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:53:29.8
Declination: -13:9:37
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, S, R, 3rd of 4
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 285
24" (10/5/13): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, 18"x15", very small brighter nucleus. Third in a string with similar NGC 284 1.4' W and NGC 283 4.1' W. NGC 286 is ~3' due N.
17.5" (10/28/89): very faint, very small, round. Third of four in a group and third of three almost on a line with NGC 283 and NGC 286 3.5' S. Appears similar to NGC 284 2' W.