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NGC1485

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:5:3.4
Declination: +70:59:48
Constellation: CAM
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, R
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1485

17.5" (2/8/91): fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, even surface brightness.  A mag 15 star is just following the SSW end.