NGC 273

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

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 273

| image = File:NGC273 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 273

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|00|50|48.4}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0273

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+273&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=September 2, 2016}}

| dec = {{DEC|-06|53|08}}

| constellation name = Cetus

| z = 0.016195

| type = S0

| appmag_v = 14.07

| size_v = 2.2' × 0.7'

| notes =

| names = MCG -01-03-019, 2MASX J00504843-0653087, 2MASXi J0050484-065307, 6dF J0050485-065309, PGC 2959.

}}

NGC 273 is an edge-on lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 10, 1785, by William Herschel.{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 250 - 299|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc2a.htm#273|publisher=Cseligman|access-date=October 10, 2016}}