NGC 485

{{short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces}}

{{Infobox galaxy

|name=NGC 485

|image=250px

|alt=NGC 485

|caption=SDSS view of NGC 485

|epoch=J2000

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|dec={{DEC|+07|01|05.01}}

|constellation name=Pisces

|z=0.007495 ± 0.000007{{cite simbad|title=NGC 485|accessdate=2021-01-30}}

|h_radial_v=(2239 ± 2) km/s

|dist_ly=86 MlyAn object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=H_o is Hubble's constant (70±5 (km/s)/Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd/d divided by the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and v=H_o

|type=Sa

|appmag_v=13.2

|size_v=1.7′ × 0.6′

|notes=

|names={{odlist|PGC=4921|UGC=895|MCG=+01-04-032}}

}}

NGC 485, also commonly referred to as PGC 4921 or GC 270, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC485|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 485|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2017-10-05}} It is located approximately 86 million light-years from Earth and was discovered on January 8, 1828 by astronomer William Herschel.{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+485|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-10-05}} It was later also observed by Heinrich d'Arrest and Herman Schultz. When NGC 485 was originally categorized in the New General Catalogue by John Louis Eil Dreyer in 1888, it was incorrectly described as a "considerably faint, pretty large, round, 8th magnitude star 3 1/2 arcmin to southwest".{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc4a.htm#485|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 - 499|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-13}}