NGC 165

{{notability|astro|date=May 2021}}

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 165

| image = File:NGC165 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 165

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Cetus

| ra = {{RA|00|36|28.902}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 165|access-date=12 February 2017}}

| dec = {{DEC|-10|06|22.36}}

| z = 0.019617{{cite web|title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|work=Results for NGC 0165|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+165&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|access-date=2 September 2016}}

| h_radial_v = 5881

| gal_v =

| dist_ly = {{convert|82.325|+/-|2.508|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster =

| type = SB(rs)bc

| size =

| appmag_v = 13.08

| appmag_b = 13.88

| size_v = 1.6{{prime}} × 1.3{{prime}}{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc2a.htm#259|website=cseligman.com|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 150 - 199|access-date=12 February 2017}}

| names = MCG-02-02-069, PGC 2182

}}

NGC 165 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1882 by Wilhelm Tempel and was described by as "faint, large, star in centre, eastern of 2" by John Louis Emil Dreyer.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 165: SN{{nbsp}}2021acnz (type{{nbsp}}Ib, mag. 19.2).{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2021acnz | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2021acnz | publisher = IAU | access-date=2 September 2024}}