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{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Pisces}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 3
| image = NGC_3_From_DESI_Legacy_Surveys.jpg
| caption = NGC 3 by the DESI Legacy Surveys
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| ra = {{RA|00|07|16.8}}<ref name="ned">{{cite web
  | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  | work=Results for NGC 0003
  | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+3&img_stamp=yes&extend=no
  | access-date=2006-11-04}}</ref>
| dec = {{DEC|+08|18|06}}<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = Pisces
| h_radial_v = 3900 ± 50 km/s<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = 172 million [[light-years]] (53.9 mpc) <ref name="ned" />
| type = S0<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 14.2<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 1.1' × 0.6'<ref name="ned" />
| notes =
| names = [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 58, [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 565, [[Boss General Catalogue|GC]] 5080, Ark 1.<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''NGC 3''' is a [[lenticular galaxy]] located 172 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of [[Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]]. It was discovered on November 29, 1864, by [[Albert Marth]].<ref name="Seligman">{{cite web |last1=Seligman |first1=Courtney |title=NGC 3 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0003.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106171628/https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0003.htm |archive-date=6 November 2018 |access-date=6 November 2018 |website=Celestial Atlas}}</ref> 

It has the morphological type of S0. However other sources classify NGC 3 as a [[barred spiral galaxy]] as a type of SBa.

==Observational history==
NGC 3 was discovered by the German astronomer [[Albert Marth]] on 29 November 1864 and was described as "faint, very small, round, almost stellar".<ref name="Seligman"/>

==Properties==
NGC 3 is a [[lenticular galaxy]], though other sources have referred to it as a [[Barred spiral galaxy|barred spiral]] galaxy. It is located at a distance of about 172 million [[light-years]] from Earth, and has a magnitude of 14.2.<ref name="ned" /> NGC 3 appears to have a faint [[spiral arm]] structure, along with a weak bar.

==Listing in astronomical catalogues==
NGC 3 is first cataloged as GC 5080, an addendum to Dreyer's 1877 Supplement to the General Catalogue of Nebulae And Clusters of Stars. The object is cataloged as [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 58, [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 565, [[Arakelian Catalogue|Ark]] 1, 	[[Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies|MCG]]+01-01-037, and [[Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies|CGCG]] 408–35.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
NGC3_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg|NGC 3 by [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]]
File:NGC_3_DECam.png|NGC 3 by [[DECam]]
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{WikiSky}}

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[[Category:Galaxies discovered in 1864]]
[[Category:Lenticular galaxies]]
[[Category:Pisces (constellation)]]
[[Category:NGC objects|0003]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|00565]]
[[Category:UGC objects|00058]]
[[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1864|18641129]]