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{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Eridanus}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Sky|03|17|53.4542|-|07|17|51.847}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]]{{nbsp}}1285
| image = [[file:NGC 1285 SDSS.jpg|250px]]
| caption= Spiral galaxy NGC{{nbsp}}1285
| constellation name = [[Eridanus_(constellation)|Eridanus]]
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| type = (R')SB(r)b pec<ref name="ned">{{cite web
  | website=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  | publisher = [[NASA]] and [[California_Institute_of_Technology|Caltech]]
  | title=Results for object NGC 1285
  | url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+1285
  | access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref>
| ra = {{RA|03|17|53.4542}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|-07|17|51.847}}<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = {{convert|74.94 ± 5.25|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}<ref name="ned" />
| group_cluster =
| z = 0.017512<ref name="ned" />
| h_radial_v = 5250 ± 3 km/s<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 12.8<ref name="ned" />
| size_v =  {{Val|1.5|×|1.1|u=arcminute}}<ref name="ned" />
| size=~{{convert|24.92|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)<ref name ="ned" />
| names = {{odlist | MCG= -01-09-026 | IRAS= 03154-0728 | PGC= 12259 | 2MASX= J03175341-0717517}}<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''NGC{{nbsp}}1285''' is a [[barred spiral galaxy]] in the [[constellation]] of [[Eridanus_(constellation)|Eridanus]]. Its velocity with respect to the [[cosmic microwave background]] is 5081 ± 12{{nbsp}}km/s, which corresponds to a [[Hubble's law|Hubble distance]] of {{convert|74.94 ± 5.25|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}.<ref name="ned" /> However, three ''non-redshift'' measurements give a distance of {{convert|55.333 ± 0.994|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+1285 | title = Distance Results for NGC{{nbsp}}1285 | website = NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE | publisher = [[NASA]] | access-date = 18 November 2024}}</ref> It was discovered by [[Heinrich_Louis_d%27Arrest|Heinrich Louis d'Arrest]] on 28 October 1865.<ref name="selig">{{cite web | url = https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc12a.htm#1285 | title = New General Catalogue Objects: NGC{{nbsp}}1285 | last = Seligman | first = Courtney | website = Celestial Atlas | access-date = 18 November 2024 }}</ref>

== Supernovae ==

Three [[supernova]]e have been observed in NGC 1285. SN 2004F ([[Type_II_supernova|type{{nbsp}}II]], mag. 17.8) was discovered by the [[Lick Observatory]] Supernova Survey on 16 January 2004.<ref>{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2004F | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2004F | publisher = [[International_Astronomical_Union|IAU]] | access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref> SN 2013el ([[Type_Ib_and_Ic_supernovae|type{{nbsp}}Ib]], mag. 15.5) was discovered by Stu Parker on 11 July 2013.<ref>{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2013el | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2013el | publisher = [[International_Astronomical_Union|IAU]] | access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref> SN 2017fvf ([[Type_II_supernova|type{{nbsp}}IIP]], mag. 17.81) was discovered by the Gaia Photometric Science Alerts programme on 30 July 2017.<ref>{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2017fvf | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017fvf | publisher = [[International_Astronomical_Union|IAU]] | access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of NGC objects (1001–2000)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:NGC objects|1285]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|012259]]
[[Category:MCG objects|-01-09-026]]
[[Category:IRAS catalogue objects|03154-0728]]
[[Category:Eridanus_(constellation)]]
[[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1865|18651028]]
[[Category:Discoveries_by_Heinrich_Louis_d%27Arrest]]
[[Category:barred spiral galaxies]]