NGC 331

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

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

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = PGC 2759

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|00|47|06.8}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0331

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+331&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|-02|43|52}}

| constellation name = Cetus

| z = 0.023813

| h_radial_v = 7,139 km/s

| type = Sc

| appmag_v = 15.19

| size_v = 0.8' × 0.5'

| notes =

| names = MCG -01-03-012, 2MASX J00470684-0243526, 2MASXi J0047068-024351, 6dF J0047069-024353, PGC 2759.

}}

NGC 331 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1886 by Francis Leavenworth. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, very small, round, a little brighter middle, 12th magnitude star 3 arcmin northeast." There are two candidates as to which object is NGC 331: PGC 2759 or PGC 3406, with the former being a much more likely candidate than the latter.{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc3.htm#331|publisher=Cseligman|access-date=October 30, 2016}}

{{Multiple image

| image1 = PGC 2759.png

| caption1 = PGC 2759 with DECam

| image2 = PGC 3406.png

| caption2 = PGC 3406 with DECam

| align = center

}}