Herschel 135
NGC 2985

Object Type Galaxy Sb
Constellation Ursa Major
Magnitude 10.4
Size 4.5' x 3.5'


Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

Number 135 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 2985.

NGC 2985 is a beautiful, face-on sprial galaxy in Ursa Major. The magnitude is around 10.4 and the Hubble classification is Sb.

Visual Observation Notes.

Moderately large and bright with a bright centre surrounded by a circular haze. Faint star on eastern edge.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.