NGC 499

NGC 499, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5060, IC 1686 or GC 289, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces.^[2] It is located approximately 197 million light-years from the Solar System^[4] and was discovered on 12 September, 1784 by astronomer William Herschel.^[5]

NGC 499
SDSS view of NGC 499 and the smaller NGC 498
Observation data (J2000[1] epoch)
Constellation	Pisces[2]
Right ascension	01h 23m 11.5s[3]
Declination	+33° 27′ 28″[3]
Redshift	+0.014691 ± 0.000117[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	(4372 ± 35.2) km/s[1]
Distance	197 Mly[4]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.2[2]
Characteristics
Type	E-S0[2]
Apparent size (V)	1.7' × 1.3'[2]
Other designations
PGC 5060, IC 1686, UGC 926, GC 289, MCG 5-4-38, 2MASS J01231145+3327362, H 3.158, h 106, CGCG 502-059[2][1][5]

The NGC 499 Group is named after the galaxy.^[3]

Observation history

The object was discovered by Herschel along with NGC 495 and NGC 496. He initially described the discovery as "Three [NGC 499 along with NGC 495 and 496], eS and F, forming a triangle.". As he observed the trio again the next night, he was able to make out more detail: "Three, forming a [right triangle]; the [right angle] to the south NGC 499, the short leg preceding [NGC 496], the long towards the north [NGC 495]. Those in the legs [NGC 496 and 495] the faintest imaginable; that at the rectangle [NGC 499] a deal larger and brighter, but still very faint."^[6]

NGC 499 was later also observed by William Herschel's son John Herschel^[5] and independently found by Stéphane Javelle in 1899.^[6]

See also

• Lenticular Galaxy
• List of NGC objects (1–1000)
• Pisces (constellation)