NGC 496

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Pisces
Right ascension: 01 23 11.6
Declination: +33 ° 31 ′ 45 ″
Redshift: +0.020258 ± 0.000093
Heliocentric radial velocity: (6011.7 ± 27.8) km/s
Distance: 250 Mly
Type: Sbc
Apparent size v: 1.6' × 0.9'

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 80.96
Image: NGC496 - SDSS DR14.jpg

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galaxy morphological type: SAcd
catalog code: LEDA 5061
time of discovery or invention: 1784-09-12
redshift: 0.020034
apparent magnitude: 10.728
Commons category: NGC 496
right ascension: 20.7984083
declination: 33.5292472
radial velocity: 6006

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NGC 496, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5037, UGC 927 or GC 288, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is located approximately 250 million light-years from the Solar System and was discovered on 12 September, 1784 by astronomer William Herschel.

Observation history