NGC 3

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

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = 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}}{{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}}

| dec = {{DEC|+08|18|06}}

| constellation name = Pisces

| h_radial_v = 3900 ± 50 km/s

| dist_ly = 172 million light-years (53.9 mpc)

| type = S0

| appmag_v = 14.2

| size_v = 1.1' × 0.6'

| notes =

| names = UGC 58, PGC 565, GC 5080, Ark 1.

}}

NGC 3 is a lenticular galaxy with the morphological type of S0, located in the constellation of Pisces. Other sources classify NGC 3 as a barred spiral galaxy as a type of SBa. It was discovered on November 29, 1864, by Albert Marth.{{cite web |last1=Seligman |first1=Courtney |title=NGC 3 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0003.htm |website=Celestial Atlas |access-date=6 November 2018 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106171628/https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0003.htm |url-status=dead }}