NGC 344

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

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

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 344

| epoch = J2000

| image = NGC 344 PanS.jpg

| ra = {{RA|00|58|24.0}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0344

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+344&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|-23|13|30}}

| constellation name = Cetus

| z = 0.055992

| h_radial_v = 16,785 km/s

| type = S{{cite simbad|title=NGC 334|access-date=January 1, 2017}}

| appmag_v = 17.75

| size_v = 0.35' × 0.2'

| notes =

| names = 2MASX J00582406-2313296, 2MASXi J0058240-231329, 2MASXi J0058254-231344, (probably) PGC 198261, PGC 803236.

}}

NGC 344 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1886 by Frank Muller. It was described by John Louis Emil Dreyer as "extremely faint, very small, irregularly round, suddenly brighter middle and nucleus (perhaps a star?)."{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 300 - 349|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc3.htm#344|publisher=Cseligman|access-date=November 6, 2016}}