NGC 397

{{short description|Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2017}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 397

| image = File:NGC397 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 397 (NGC 392 can be seen in upper right)

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|01|08|31.1}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0397

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+397&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|+33|06|33}}

| constellation name = Pisces

| z = 0.016661

| h_radial_v = 4,995 km/s

| type = S0{{cite simbad|title=NGC 397|access-date=2020-12-12}}

| appmag_v = 15.7

| size_v = 0.2' × 0.2'

| notes =

| names = CGCG 501-096, MCG +05-03-064, 2MASX J01083108+3306329, 2MASXi J0108310+330633, PGC 4051.

}}

NGC 397 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on December 6, 1866, by Robert Ball. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, small, round, very faint star to west."{{cite web|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 350 - 399|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc3a.htm#397|publisher=Cseligman|access-date=February 4, 2017}}