IC 2498

IC 2498 known as PGC 27668, is a type Sb barred spiral galaxy located in constellation Leo. It is located 469 million light-years away from the Solar System and was discovered by Stephane Javelle on April 30, 1896.

Supernova
One supernova has been discovered in IC 2498 so far: SN 2022eaf.

SN 2022eaf

SN 2022eaf was discovered on March 2, 2022 by a team of astronomers, J. Tonry, L. Dennau, H. Weiland from University of Hawaii, A. Heinze, B. Stalder from LSST, A. Rest from STScl, C, Stubbs from Harvard University along with other colleagues from Queen's University Belfast, Stockholm and ESO, on the behalf of ATLAS program (Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System). SN 2022eaf had a magnitude of 19.1, and a right ascension of (09h 41m 21s.597) with declination of (28 degrees 06' 38".24). The supernova had a redshift of 0.033006 and was classified as Type Ia.