NGC 385 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation

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. It was discovered on November 4, 1850 by Bindon Stoney. It was described by

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as "pretty faint, pretty small, round, northeastern of 2.", the other being

NGC 384 NGC 384 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on November 4, 1850 by Bindon Stoney. It was described by Dreyer as "pretty faint, pretty small, southwestern of 2.", the other being NGC 385. Along with g ...

. Along with galaxies NGC 375,

NGC 379 NGC 379 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on September 12, 1784 by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer Dreyer is a common German surname originating from Grübe in Holstein Germany. Notable people wi ...

, NGC 382,

NGC 383 NGC 383 is a double radio galaxy with a quasar-like appearance located in the constellation Pisces. It is listed in Halton C. Arp's 1966 "The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies." Recent discoveries by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in 2006 ...

, NGC 384, NGC 386, NGC 387 and

NGC 388 NGC 388 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on November 4, 1850, by Bindon Stoney. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, small, round." Along with galaxies NGC 375, NGC 379, NGC 382, NGC 383, ...

, NGC 385 forms a galaxy cluster called Arp 331.

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