---
title: "UGC 990"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-990"
release: "DR1"
licence: "VizieR terms; cite Dalya+ 2022 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D)"
citation: "SpaceCatalog. UGC 990 [catalogue entry]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-990"
---

# UGC 990

UGC 990 is a barred spiral [galaxy](https://spacecatalog.org/galaxies) SBm in the constellation [Pisces](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/pisces), 104.3 Mly from Earth, shining at apparent magnitude 17.29 (B). Other catalogues list it as PGC 5276 and WISExSCOS J012523.99+104749.2.

## At a glance

- **WHAT IT IS:** Barred spiral galaxy
- **HOW FAR:** 104.3 Mly — A luminosity distance, from its redshift — how faint it looks. The light itself left 114 million years ago.
- **HOW BIG ON THE SKY:** 37″ — Small enough that the full Moon would cover it several times over.
- **HOW BRIGHT (B):** 17.29 — Faint: it takes a large telescope.
- **WHERE TO LOOK:** [Pisces](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/pisces) — The patch of sky it sits in, as seen from Earth.

## Properties

| Quantity | Value |
| --- | --- |
| CLASS | Barred spiral galaxy SBm |
| DISTANCE FROM EARTH | 104.3 Mly ±24 — by luminosity distance from a photometric redshift (GLADE+), flat ΛCDM with H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc |
| APPARENT MAGNITUDE (B) | 17.29 |
| ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE (B) | −15.23 |
| CONSTELLATION | Pisces |
| RIGHT ASCENSION (J2000) | 01h 25m 24.0s |
| DECLINATION (J2000) | +10° 47′ 49.0″ |

## Catalogue data

### WHAT KIND OF THING IT IS

What the object is in itself, rather than how it happens to look from here.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Hubble type | SBm |
| Stellar mass | 8.41×10⁷ ±5.6×10⁷ M☉ |

### HOW BRIGHT IT IS

What the light adds up to, measured through one filter at a time. A magnitude is a brightness on a backwards scale — the smaller the number, the brighter the object.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 17.29 |

### WHERE IT IS AND HOW IT MOVES

Position, motion across the sky and the size it covers on it. These are measurements of the object as seen from here, so every one of them depends on where here is.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Redshift (z) | 0.00819042 |
| Redshift (z, CMB frame) | 0.00742617 |
| Major axis | 0.622683′ |
| Minor axis | 0.557177′ |
| Position angle | 103° |

### WHERE THESE FIGURES CAME FROM

Which catalogue, paper or model each of the fields above was read from, where the source named one.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Morphology from | SIMBAD (2003A&A...412...45P, quality E) |

## Also known as

- PGC: PGC 5276
- WISExSCOS: WISExSCOS J012523.99+104749.2

## Source

[GLADE+ (Galaxy List for the Advanced Detector Era)](https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/291) — VizieR terms; cite Dalya+ 2022 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D)

The producer asks: Dálya et al. 2022, MNRAS 514, 1403 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D) — "Please cite this paper when using GLADE+ data" — via VizieR VII/291. This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier). The original description of the VizieR service was published in 2000, A&AS 143, 23.

How this was made: https://spacecatalog.org/methods#source-glade-plus

## Cite this page

SpaceCatalog. UGC 990 \[catalogue entry\]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-990

```bibtex
@misc{spacecatalog_ugc-990,
  author       = {{SpaceCatalog}},
  title        = {{UGC 990}},
  howpublished = {SpaceCatalog, data release DR1 (2026-08-21)},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-990},
  note         = {Catalogue entry, data release DR1 (2026-08-21). Values from GLADE+ (Galaxy List for the Advanced Detector Era).}
}
```

GLADE+ (Galaxy List for the Advanced Detector Era) — VizieR terms; cite Dalya+ 2022 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D)

Acknowledgement the producer asks for: Dálya et al. 2022, MNRAS 514, 1403 (2022MNRAS.514.1403D) — "Please cite this paper when using GLADE+ data" — via VizieR VII/291. This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier). The original description of the VizieR service was published in 2000, A&AS 143, 23.

The page itself, with its pictures, the sky map and the observing tools: https://spacecatalog.org/object/ugc-990