NGC 1285

NGC1285 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Eridanus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5081 ± 12km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. However, three non-redshift measurements give a much closer distance of. It was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on 28 October 1865.

Supernovae

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 1285:SN 2004F was discovered by the Lick Observatory Supernova Survey on 16 January 2004.SN 2013el was discovered by Stu Parker on 11 July 2013.SN 2017fvf was discovered by the Gaia Photometric Science Alerts programme on 30 July 2017.