NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

NGC3485

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:0:2.4
Declination: +14:50:28
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, L, R, glbM, r
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

=====

NGC 3485

17.5" (4/18/87): fairly faint, moderately large, fairly diffuse, oval slightly elongated WSW-ENE, faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 12 star is 1.7' W of center.  Possible member of the Leo group.