NGC 497 is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 336 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cetus.[1] It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on November 6, 1882.[3]
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.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ a b "Revised NGC Data for NGC 497". spider.seds.org. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ "Data for NGC 497". www.astronomy-mall.com. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ Arp, Halton (1966). "Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies". Figure 1. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
External links
Media related to NGC 497 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 497 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
- SEDS
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