| NGC1985 / Reflection Nebula, type R |
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| R.A. | 05h 37m 48.0s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | -08°52' 00" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 1.0' |
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| Real Size | N/A |
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| Magnitude | 12.5 |
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| Distance | N/A |
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| vdB 45 / Reflection Nebula |
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| R.A. | 05h 36m 40.8s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +31°51' 16" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 0.3' |
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| Real Size | N/A |
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| Magnitude | 11.0 |
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| Distance | N/A |
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These are two inconspicuous reflection nebulae seen in the southeastern part of Auriga.
They can be found about 4 degrees northeast of β Tauri, the southernmost star forming the pentagon of Auriga.
In the photograph, the reflection nebula in the upper left is NGC 1985, while about 16 arcminutes to the southwest, a faint glow surrounding an 8th-magnitude star is vdB 45;
both are small objects with sizes of around 1 arcminute.
NGC 1985 was once regarded as an old planetary nebula and assigned a planetary-nebula designation,
but it is now thought to be a region within a molecular cloud where star formation is ongoing.
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