* Astronomy

NGC 7285 (also Arp 93, ESO 533-32, MCG -4-53-5 and PGC 68953) is a magnitude +11.9 barred spiral galaxy located 199 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius.
The galaxy is catalogued with NGC 7284 as Arp 93.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor on the 26th October 1785.

The galaxy was rediscovered in October 1862 by British astronomer William Lassell using a 1.2m (48 inch) Newtonian reflector at Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta.

Position (J2000): R.A. 22h 28m 37.8s  |  Dec. -24° 50' 26"