[4][5] The morphology classification of the galaxy is Sa, and it has a low luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN) of LX ~ 5 x 1042 erg s−1.

[7] Using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array observations, a team of astronomers led by Jeremy Darling discovered a H2O maser containing a broad multi-component.

The maser of IC 485 has a peak flux of 80 mJy with an isotopic luminosity of Liso = (868 ± 46)LΘ.

[7][8] According to Darling, he was also able to find a faint unresolved radio source with its angular resolution measured as 90 milliarcseconds ≈ 50 parsecs.

Based on estimations on its connection with an edge-on disc, IC 485 has a mass of MBH ~ 1.2 x 107 MΘ.