NGC 499, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5060, IC 1686 or GC 289, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces.

[2] It is located approximately 197 million light-years from the Solar System[4] and was discovered on 12 September, 1784 by astronomer William Herschel.

As he observed the trio again the next night, he was able to make out more detail: "Three, forming a [right triangle]; the [right angle] to the south NGC 499, the short leg preceding [NGC 496], the long towards the north [NGC 495].

Those in the legs [NGC 496 and 495] the faintest imaginable; that at the rectangle [NGC 499] a deal larger and brighter, but still very faint.

"[6] NGC 499 was later also observed by William Herschel's son John Herschel[5] and independently found by Stéphane Javelle in 1899.