| NGC 494 | |
| Upright: | 1.35 |
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Constellation Name: | Pisces (constellation) |
| Z: | 0.018388 ± 0.000067 |
| H Radial V: | (5462 ± 20) km/s |
| Dist Ly: | 227 Mly |
| Type: | Sab? |
| Appmag V: | 13.0 |
| Size V: | 2.0′ × 0.8′ |
| Names: | PGC 5035, GC 282, UGC 919, 2MASS J01225533+3310261, Z 502.57, MGC +05-04-034, IRAS 01201+3254, h 104 |
NGC 494, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5035 or GC 282, is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces.[1] It is located approximately 227 million light-years from Earth and was discovered on 22 November 1827 by astronomer John Herschel.[2] John Dreyer, creator of the New General Catalogue, described the galaxy as "very faint, pretty large, extended, 3 faint stars to south".[3]