NGC 1485
| Galaxy NGC 1485 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | giraffe |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 05 m 03.9 s |
| declination | + 70 ° 59 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAb? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 22 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003633 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 1089 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.9 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1485 • UGC 2933 • PGC 14432 • CGCG 327-014 • MCG + 12-04-010 • 2MASX J04050398 + 7059476 • 2MASS J04050386 + 7059469 • LDCE 246 NED029 | |
NGC 1485 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Giraffe at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 55 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on February 24, 1886 .