NGC 496
| Galaxy NGC 496 |
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![NGC 496 with LEDA 2034074 [1] (l) SDSS mount](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC496_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 496 with LEDA 2034074 (l) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | fishes |
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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 |
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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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