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NGC2485

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 7:56:48.7
Declination: +7:28:39
Constellation: CMI
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: Neb * 12 m
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2485 17.5" (11/25/87): fairly faint, very small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus, diffuse halo. A mag 13 star is 0.6' S of center.