NGC 496
Galaxy NGC 496 |
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NGC 496 with LEDA 2034074 (l) SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | fishes |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 23 m 11.6 s |
declination | + 33 ° 31 ′ 45 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sbc |
Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.60 × 0.9 |
Position angle | 28 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC-507 group |
Redshift | 0.020034 +/- 0.000027 |
Radial velocity | 6006 +/- 8 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(275 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (84.3 ± 5.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | September 12, 1784 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 496 • UGC 927 • PGC 5061 • CGCG 502-60 • MCG + 05-04-036 • IRAS 01203 + 3316 • KUG 0120 + 332A • 2MASX J01231161 + 3331452 • GC 288 • H III 157 • LDCE 74 NED066 |
NGC 496 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Pisces on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 275 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 130,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 495 , NGC 498 , NGC 499 , NGC 501 .
The object was discovered on September 12, 1784 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel .
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