NGC 336

{{Short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}

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

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 336

| image = File:NGC 336 DECam (2).jpg

| caption = DECam image of PGC 3470 (NGC 336)

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|00|58|02.8}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0336

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+336&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|-18|23|04}}

| constellation name = Cetus

| z = 0.018349

| h_radial_v = 5,501 km/s

| type = Sc{{cite simbad|title=NGC 336|access-date=January 1, 2017}}

| appmag_v = 15.44

| size_v = 0.73' × 0.29'

| notes =

| names = ESO 541-IG 002, 2MASX J00580282-1823032, 2MASXi J0058025-182306, IRAS 00555-1839, F00555-1839, ESO-LV 5410020, 6dF J0058027-182304, PGC 3470.}}

NGC 336 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on October 31, 1885 by Francis Leavenworth. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, small, round, suddenly brighter middle." It is also known as PGC 3470. Despite this, sometimes it is mistakenly identified as PGC 3526.{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc3.htm#336|publisher=Cseligman|access-date=November 2, 2016}}