NGC 480

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

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 480

| image = SDSS NGC 480.jpeg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 480

| epoch = J2000

| type = Sab{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0480

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2017-06-04}}

| ra = {{RA|01|20|34.4}}

| dec = {{DEC|-09|52|49}}

| dist_ly = 546 million ly

| z =0.042953 /12877 km/s

| appmag_v = 15.8

|size=~99,800 ly (estimated)

| size_v = 0.55 x 0.28

| constellation name = Cetus

| names = PGC 4845 }}

NGC 480 is a spiral galaxy{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+480&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|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-06-04}} located about 546 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Cetus.{{Cite web|url=https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/1369/ngc-480/galaxy|title=Galaxy NGC 480 - Galaxy in Cetus Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser|last=Rojas|first=Sebastián García|website=DSO Browser|language=en|access-date=2017-06-04|archive-date=2017-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002070535/https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/1369/ngc-480/galaxy|url-status=dead}} NGC 480 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth In 1886.{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc4a.htm#480|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 - 499|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-04}}