NGC 303

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

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

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 303

| image = NGC 303 PanS.jpg

| caption =

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|00|54|54.7}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0303

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+303&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|-16|39|17}}

| constellation name = Cetus

| z = 0.032489

| h_radial_v = 9,740 km/s

| type = S0

| appmag_v = 15.15

| size_v = 0.6' × 0.4'

| notes =

| names = 2MASX J00545443-1639126, 2MASX J00545471-1639166, 2MASXi J0054547-163916, IRAS F00524-1655, 6dF J0054547-163917, PGC 3240.

}}

NGC 303 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1886 by Francis Leavenworth.{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc3.htm#303|publisher=Cseligman|access-date=October 19, 2016}}