NGC 498

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NGC 498
NGC498 - NGC499 - SDSS DR14.png
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]

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

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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. Bibcode:1975ApJ...199...16T. 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. Bibcode:1981ApJ...243..411G. 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. Bibcode:1994AJ....108...33S. doi:10.1086/117042. ISSN   0004-6256.


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