IC 498
| Galaxy IC 498 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Small dog |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 09 m 30.3 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 16 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033833 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 10,143 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(447 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (137.1 ± 9.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Rudolf Spitaler |
| Discovery date | November 11, 1888 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 498 • UGC 4255 • PGC 22895 • CGCG 031-059 • MCG + 01-21-015 • 2MASX J08093029 + 0516503 • VV 526 • NVSS J080930 + 051647 • USGC U168 NED02 | |
IC 498 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Canis Minor south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 447 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 2231 .
The object was discovered on November 11, 1888 by Rudolf Ferdinand Spitaler .