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NGC498
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:23:11.2
Declination: +33:29:24
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1856
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: eeF, np h 106 (D in Birr diagr.)
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 498 is the object labeled "D" in the first two of LdR's diagrams of the
group around NGC 499. Though he has no measured offsets for it, he clearly
saw it the second night: "vvF, but certain" and the diagrams leave no doubt
as to the correct object.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 498
24" (10/4/13): very faint, very small, slightly elongated, 15"x12", low surface brightness. Located 1.8' N of NGC 499 and 2.4' S of NGC 496, on a line between the two brighter galaxies. This is perhaps the faintest NGC galaxy in the NGC 507 Group.
17.5" (10/4/97): extremely faint and small, no details visible. This very difficult object was only detected after extended viewing at 220x, 280x and 420x. Finally started to glimpse a virtually stellar spot for moments at 280x using a detailed finder chart to pinpoint the location. Located 1.7' N of NGC 499 and 2.4' S of NGC 496 within the cluster.