Object: Galaxy NGC 2485 Constell: CMi RA: 07h 56.8m Decl: +07° 29' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 13.1m (p) Size: 1.6' Type: Sa Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 24./25.2.1995, 22.40 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 5.8m Background sky: 3 Seeing: 3 Weather: -2 °C, no Moon. Brightness: 3 Alt: 35° Description: The most obvious feature is a bright stellar nucleus (or a line-of-sight star). The 'star' is about 13th magnitude and is surrounded by a very faint, round glow with quite sharp edges. There is a star of similar brightness as the nucleus on the S side touching the edge on the disk.