Stephane Javelle discovered IC 1085 = J. 1-334, along with IC 1086, on 8 Jul 1891. His position is over 1' too far south, apparently due to an error in the declination of the offset star (SAO 101342).

600/800mm - 24" (6/22/17): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated N-S, 30"x25". Well concentrated with a small bright core (round). The low surface brightness halo appears elongated ~5:4. A mag 13 star is 1.8' SW. Located 6.4' ENE of mag 9.4 SAO 101342. IC 1086 lies 14' SE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb