NGC 497

NGC 497 is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 336 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cetus.^[1] It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on November 6, 1882.^[3]

NGC 497
NGC 497 (SDSS)
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01h 22m 23.76s [1]
Declination	−00° 52′ 30.75″ [1]
Redshift	0.027155 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	8141 ± 3 km/s [1]
Distance	336 Mly[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.00 [2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.80 [2]
Characteristics
Type	SBbc
Apparent size (V)	2.03 x 0.79 [1]
Other designations
PGC 4992, MCG 0-4-100, UGC 915, Arp 8

NGC 497 was imaged by Halton Arp and included in his Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 8, under the category of 'split arm' galaxies.^[4]

NGC 497 (SDSS)

See also

• List of NGC objects (1–1000)