NGC 497

NGC 497
NGC 497 (SDSS)
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	01^h 22^m 23.76^s [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 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 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)

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
2. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 497". spider.seds.org. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
3. "Data for NGC 497". www.astronomy-mall.com. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
4. Arp, Halton (1966). "Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies". Figure 1. Retrieved November 29, 2017.

External links

• Media related to NGC 497 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 497 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
• SEDS