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NGC1285

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:17:53.4
Declination: -7:17:51
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, S
Sub-type: SBb/P

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1285

17.5" (12/28/94): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~N-S, weak broad concentration but no defined core.  Slightly mottled or irregular surface brightness.