NGC 494

NGC 494, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5035 or GC 282, is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces.^[1] It is located approximately 227 million light-years from Earth and was discovered on 22 November 1827 by astronomer John Herschel.^[2] John Dreyer, creator of the New General Catalogue, described the galaxy as "very faint, pretty large, extended, 3 faint stars to south".^[3]

NGC 494
SDSS view of NGC 494
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces (constellation)
Right ascension	01h 22m 55.36s
Declination	+33° 10′ 25.8″
Redshift	0.018388 ± 0.000067
Heliocentric radial velocity	(5462 ± 20) km/s
Distance	227 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.0
Characteristics
Type	Sab?
Apparent size (V)	2.0′ × 0.8′
Other designations
PGC 5035, GC 282, UGC 919, 2MASS J01225533+3310261, Z 502.57, MGC +05-04-034, IRAS 01201+3254, h 104

See also

• Spiral galaxy
• List of NGC objects (1–1000)
• Pisces (constellation)