NGC 499

{{Infobox galaxy

|name=NGC 499

|image=NGC498 - NGC499 - SDSS DR14.png

|caption=SDSS view of NGC 499 and the smaller NGC 498

|epoch=J2000{{Cite simbad

|title=NGC 499

|access-date=2017-11-07}}

|ra={{RA|01|23|11.5}}{{Cite web

|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+499

|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu

|access-date=2017-11-07}}

|dec={{DEC|+33|27|28}}

|constellation name=Pisces{{Cite web

|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC499

|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 499

|website=spider.seds.org

|access-date=2017-10-05}}

|type=E-S0

|appmag_v=12.2

|h_radial_v=(4372 ± 35.2) km/s

|dist_ly=197 MlyAn object's distance from Earth can be determined using Hubble's law: v=H_o is Hubble's constant (70±5 (km/s)/Mpc). The relative uncertainty Δd/d divided by the distance is equal to the sum of the relative uncertainties of the velocity and v=H_o

|z=+0.014691 ± 0.000117

|size_v=1.7' × 1.3'

|notes=

|names=PGC 5060, IC 1686, UGC 926, GC 289, MCG 5-4-38, 2MASS J01231145+3327362, H 3.158, h 106, CGCG 502-059{{Cite web

|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc4a.htm#499

|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 - 499

|website=cseligman.com

|language=en-US

|access-date=2017-11-07}}}}

NGC 499, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5060, IC 1686 or GC 289, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is located approximately 197 million light-years from the Solar System and was discovered on 12 September, 1784 by astronomer William Herschel.

The NGC 499 Group is named after the galaxy.

Observation history

The object was discovered by Herschel along with NGC 495 and NGC 496. He initially described the discovery as "Three [NGC 499 along with NGC 495 and 496], eS and F, forming a triangle.". As he observed the trio again the next night, he was able to make out more detail: "Three, forming a [right triangle]; the [right angle] to the south NGC 499, the short leg preceding [NGC 496], the long towards the north [NGC 495]. Those in the legs [NGC 496 and 495] the faintest imaginable; that at the rectangle [NGC 499] a deal larger and brighter, but still very faint."{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/NGC%201-7840%20complete.htm|title=astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/NGC%201-7840%20complete.htm|website=Astronomy Mall|access-date=2017-11-07}}

NGC 499 was later also observed by William Herschel's son John Herschel and independently found by Stéphane Javelle in 1899.