page_title: NGC 499
hierarchical_section_title: NGC 499
caption_attribution_description: The sky image is obtained by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, DR14 with SciServer.
context_page_description: NGC 499, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5060, IC 1686 or GC 289, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It 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.
context_section_description: NGC 499, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5060, IC 1686 or GC 289, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It 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.
caption: SDSS view of NGC 499 and the smaller NGC 498
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