NGC 43

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

{{Sky|00|13|00.7647|+|30|54|54.901}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 43

| image = NGC43 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 43

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Andromeda

| ra = {{RA|00|13|00.7647}}{{cite web

| website = NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| publisher = NASA and Caltech

| title=Results for object NGC 0043

| url = https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+0043

| access-date = 11 June 2025}}

| dec = {{DEC|+30|54|54.901}}{{r|ned}}

| z = {{val|0.015961|0.000033}}{{r|ned}}

| h_radial_v = {{val|4785|10|u=km/s|fmt=commas}}{{r|ned}}

| dist_ly = 65.0 ± 4.6 Mpc (212 ± 15.1 million ly)

| type = SB0{{r|ned}}

| size = ~{{convert|37.50|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated){{r|ned}}

| appmag_v = 13.6{{r|ned}}

| size_v = {{Val|1.6|×|1.5|u=arcminute}}{{r|ned}}

| notes =

| names = {{odlist | MCG= +05-01-054 | CGCG= 499-079 | UGC= 120 | PGC= 875}}{{r|ned}}

}}

NGC 43 is a lenticular galaxy in the Andromeda constellation. It has a diameter of approximately 37 kiloparsecs (122,000 light-years).{{r|ned}} It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 11 November 1827.{{cite web | url = https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0.htm#43 | title = New General Catalogue Objects: NGC{{nbsp}}43 | last = Seligman | first = Courtney | website = Celestial Atlas | access-date = 11 June 2025 }}