CGCG 031-060, situated 5.6' E, appeared faint, very small, round, 12" diameter (this is the core region), well defined. A mag 8.3 star is 5' E with CGCG 031-060 nearly at the midpoint of IC 498 and this star. LEDA 1280679 (B = 16.23), situated 9' ESE, appeared extremely faint and small, round, 6" diameter. Mag 8.3 HD 67874 is 1.5' NE and greatly detracts from viewing so it had to be kept just outside the edge of the field. A string of stars is close west.

Rudolph Spitaler discovered IC 498 on 11 Nov 1888 with the 27" refractor at the Wein University in Vienna. His position is accurate.

600/800mm - 24" (3/28/17): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, 40" diameter, broad weak concentration but no core/nucleus. A distinctive group of stars is to the south including E-W and N-S strings. The N-S string is roughly collinear with the galaxy. A mag 13.5/14 double at 10" separation is 2' SW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb