NGC 501

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

{{Infobox galaxy

|name=NGC 501

|image=NGC 0501 SDSS.jpg

|alt=NGC 501

|caption=SDSS view of NGC 501

|epoch=J2000{{Cite web|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+501|title=NGC 501|access-date=2017-12-09}}

|ra={{RA|01|23|22.4}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+501|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-10-05}}

|dec={{DEC|+33|25|59}}

|constellation name=Pisces{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC501|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 501|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2017-10-05}}

|type=E0

|appmag_b=15.5

|appmag_v=14.5

|h_radial_v=(4924 ± 68) km/s

|dist_ly=224 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=0.016561 ± 0.000227

|size_v=0.5' × 0.5'

|notes=

|names=PGC 5082, GC 284, 2MASS J01232240+3325582 {{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc5.htm#501|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 500 - 549|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-16}}

}}

NGC 501, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5082 or GC 284, is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is located approximately 224 million light-years from the Solar System and was discovered on 28 October 1856 by Irish astronomer R. J. Mitchell.