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NGC1085

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:46:25.2
Declination: +3:36:28
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, lbM, bet 2 st
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1085

17.5" (12/28/94): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, 1.2'x0.8', gradually increases to a small bright core.  Forms the east vertex of an equilateral triangle with two mag 10.5/12.5 stars 4' SW and NW.