NGC 498

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

See also

• Lenticular galaxy
• List of NGC objects (1–1000)