NGC 498

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

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 498

| image = NGC498 - NGC499 - SDSS DR14.png

| image_size = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 498 and NGC 499 (bottom)

| epoch = J2000

| type = S0 {{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0498

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

| access-date=2017-11-28}}

| ra = {{RA|01|23|11.3}}

| dec = {{DEC|33|29|22}}

| group_cluster = NGC 507 Group

| dist_ly = 261.13 Mly

| z =0.020518/6151 km/s

| appmag_v = 16

| size_v = 0.25 x 0.25

| constellation name = Pisces

| names = MCG 5-4-37, NPM1G +33.0043, PGC 5059

|size=~19,560 ly (estimated)

}}

NGC 498 is a lenticular galaxy located about 260 million light-years away from Earth,{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+498&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=2017-11-28}} in the constellation Pisces.{{Cite web|url=https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/1388/ngc-498/galaxy|title=Galaxy NGC 498 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser|last=Rojas|first=Sebastián García|website=DSO Browser|language=en|access-date=2017-11-28}} NGC 498 was discovered by astronomer R. J. Mitchell on October 23, 1856.{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc4a.htm#498|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 - 499|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-28}}

NGC 498 is a member of the NGC 507 Group{{Cite journal|last=Tifft|first=W. G.|last2=Hilsman|first2=K. A.|last3=Corrado|first3=L. C.|date=July 1975|title=The NGC 507 cluster of galaxies|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|language=en|volume=199|pages=16–18|doi=10.1086/153658|issn=0004-637X|bibcode=1975ApJ...199...16T}} which is part of the Perseus–Pisces Supercluster.{{Cite journal|last=Gregory|first=S. A.|last2=Thompson|first2=L. A.|last3=Tifft|first3=W. G.|date=January 1981|title=The Perseus supercluster|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|language=en|volume=243|pages=411–426|doi=10.1086/158608|issn=0004-637X|bibcode=1981ApJ...243..411G|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last=Sakai|first=Shoko|last2=Giovanelli|first2=Riccardo|last3=Wegner|first3=Gary|date=July 1994|title=Distribution of galaxies around Abell 262 and the NGC 383 and NGC 507 groups|journal=The Astronomical Journal|language=en|volume=108|pages=33|doi=10.1086/117042|issn=0004-6256|bibcode=1994AJ....108...33S}}