NGC 497

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 497

| image = NGC497 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| caption = NGC 497 (SDSS)

| epoch = J2000.0

| constellation name = Cetus

| ra = {{RA|01|22|23.76}}

| dec = {{DEC|-00|52|30.75}}

| z = 0.027155

| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|8141 ± 3 km/s}}

| dist_ly = 336 Mly

| appmag_b = 13.80

| appmag_v = 13.00

| type = SBbc

| size_v = 2.03 x 0.79

| names = PGC 4992, MCG 0-4-100, UGC 915, Arp 8

}}

NGC 497 is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 336 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cetus. It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on November 6, 1882.

NGC 497 was imaged by Halton Arp and included in his Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 8, under the category of 'split arm' galaxies.

Image:NGC 0497 SDSS.jpg)]]

See also

References

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{{cite web|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 497|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC497|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=December 9, 2017}}

{{cite web|title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+497|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=November 29, 2017}}

{{cite web|title=Data for NGC 497|url=http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/NGC%201%20-%20999%20(11-30-17).htm|website=www.astronomy-mall.com|access-date=December 9, 2017}}

{{cite web

| first=Halton

| last=Arp

| title=Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies

| date=1966

| work=Figure 1

| url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Arp_figure1.html

| access-date=November 29, 2017}}

}}