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NGC 985
Cetus
Penryn, California
October 2006
M 250 @ f 9.3  (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB  15  minute subs

 

NGC 985 is a severely distorted ringed galaxy classified as Irr.  I could not find any research papers on this galaxy
so can only assume the morphology is due to some type interaction or collision with another galaxy.