Lenticular galaxy · Coma Berenices
M85
Also known as: NGC 4382
mag 9.27′ across
About
M85 is a lenticular galaxy of magnitude 9.2 in Coma Berenices, about 7′ across.
How to find it
- M85 is in the constellation Coma Berenices.
- Best evenings: around mid-May it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
- Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from north of 62° S.
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What you will see
- EyesNot visible to the naked eye.
- Binoculars (10×50)A faint smudge, only from a dark site.
- Telescope (6–8 inch)A bright lens-shaped glow with a starlike core.
For a dark country sky with no Moon. From a city, faint galaxies and nebulae can disappear completely.
Facts
| Designations | M85, NGC 4382, PGC 40515, UGC 7508 |
|---|---|
| Type | Lenticular galaxy (S0-a) |
| Magnitude | 9.2The smaller the number, the brighter. |
| Apparent size | 7′ × 5.3′position angle 12°; the full Moon is 31′ across |
| Surface brightness | 22.9 mag/arcsec²Average over its disc, in the blue band: the lower the number, the easier it is to see. |
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 25m 24.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +18° 11′ 29″ |
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Sources and credits
Catalog data: OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0, and d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn, BSD 3-Clause. All data sources →