NGC 38

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

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 38

| image = 250px

| alt = NGC 38

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 38

| credit =

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Pisces

| ra = {{RA|00|11|46.984}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|-05|35|10.37}}

| z = 0.026802

| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|7927 ± 1 km/s}}

| dist_ly =

| type = (R)Sab:{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%2038&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 0038 (NGC 38)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-02}}

| appmag_b = 13.5

| size_v =1.4{{prime}} × 1.3{{prime}}

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|MCG= -01-01-047|PGC=818}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 38|accessdate=2020-02-01}}

}}

NGC 38 (also known by the designations MCG-1-1-47 or PGC 818) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on 30 September 1867 by Édouard Stephan.{{cite web | url = https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0.htm#38 | title = NGC{{nbsp}}38| last = Seligman | first = Courtney | website = Celestial Atlas | access-date = 26 August 2024 }}