NGC 498

NGC 498
SDSS image of NGC 498 and NGC 499 (bottom).
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 01h 23m 11.3s[1]
Declination 33° 29′ 22″[1]
Redshift 0.020518/6151 km/s[1]
Distance 261.13 Mly
Group or cluster NGC 507 Group
Apparent magnitude (V) 16[1]
Characteristics
Type S0 [1]
Size ~19,560 ly (estimated)
Apparent size (V) 0.25 x 0.25[1]
Other designations
MCG 5-4-37, NPM1G +33.0043, PGC 5059[1]

NGC 498 is a lenticular galaxy located about 260 million light-years away from Earth,[2] in the constellation Pisces.[3] NGC 498 was discovered by astronomer R. J. Mitchell on October 23, 1856.[4]

NGC 498 is a member of the NGC 507 Group[5] which is part of the Perseus-Pisces Supercluster.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0498. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  3. ↑ Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 498 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  4. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 - 499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  5. ↑ Tifft, W. G.; Hilsman, K. A.; Corrado, L. C. (July 1975). "The NGC 507 cluster of galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 199: 16–18. doi:10.1086/153658. ISSN 0004-637X.
  6. ↑ Gregory, S. A.; Thompson, L. A.; Tifft, W. G. (January 1981). "The Perseus supercluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 243: 411–426. doi:10.1086/158608. ISSN 0004-637X.
  7. ↑ Sakai, Shoko; Giovanelli, Riccardo; Wegner, Gary (July 1994). "Distribution of galaxies around Abell 262 and the NGC 383 and NGC 507 groups". The Astronomical Journal. 108: 33. doi:10.1086/117042. ISSN 0004-6256.
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