NGC 449

{{Short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2017}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 449

| image = NGC449-hst-R680GB547.jpg

| upright = 1.35

| alt = NGC 449

| caption = NGC 449 as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|01|16|07.2}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0449

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+449&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES

| access-date=September 2, 2016}}

| dec = {{DEC|+33|05|22}}

| constellation name = Pisces

| z = 0.015946

| h_radial_v = 4,780 km/s

| dist_ly =

| type = (R')S?

| appmag_v = 15.01

| absmag_v = −20.37

| size_v = 0.8' × 0.5'

| notes =

| names = MRK 0001, CGCG 502-018, MCG +05-04-009, 2MASX J01160722+3305218, 2MASXi J0116072+330521, IRAS 01133+3249, PGC 4587.

}}

NGC 449 is a spiral galaxy of type (R')S? located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on November 11, 1881 by Édouard Stephan. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, very small, round, very little brighter middle, very faint star involved."{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 400–449|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc4.htm#449|publisher=Cseligman|access-date=April 23, 2017}}

NGC 449 is an active galaxy, specifically a Seyfert galaxy.{{cite journal|doi=10.1088/1538-3873/acb294 |title=Multiwavelength Analysis of a Nearby Heavily Obscured AGN in NGC 449 |date=2023 |last1=Guo |first1=Xiaotong |last2=Gu |first2=Qiusheng |last3=Xu |first3=Jun |last4=Fang |first4=Guanwen |last5=Ge |first5=Xue |last6=Chen |first6=Yongyun |last7=Yu |first7=Xiaoling |last8=Ding |first8=Nan |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |volume=135 |issue=1043 |page=014102 |arxiv=2301.05398 |bibcode=2023PASP..135a4102G }} The supermassive black hole at the center of NGC 449 is {{val|1.32e7|u={{solar mass|link=yes}}}}, and matter from its accretion disk is currently accreting at a rate of {{val|2.54e-2|u={{solar mass}}}} per year.

File:NGC 0449 SDSS.jpg)]]