Editing NGC 3 (section)

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Pisces}}
{{Infobox galaxy
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 3
| image = NGC_3_From_DESI_Legacy_Surveys.jpg
| caption = NGC 3 by the DESI Legacy Surveys
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| ra = {{RA|00|07|16.8}}<ref name="ned">{{cite web
  | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  | work=Results for NGC 0003
  | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+3&img_stamp=yes&extend=no
  | access-date=2006-11-04}}</ref>
| dec = {{DEC|+08|18|06}}<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = Pisces
| h_radial_v = 3900 ± 50 km/s<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = 172 million [[light-years]] (53.9 mpc) <ref name="ned" />
| type = S0<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 14.2<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 1.1' × 0.6'<ref name="ned" />
| notes =
| names = [[Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 58, [[Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 565, [[Boss General Catalogue|GC]] 5080, Ark 1.<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''NGC 3''' is a [[lenticular galaxy]] with the morphological type of S0, located in the constellation of [[Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]]. Other sources classify NGC 3 as a [[barred spiral galaxy]] as a type of SBa. It was discovered on November 29, 1864, by [[Albert Marth]].<ref name="Seligman">{{cite web |last1=Seligman |first1=Courtney |title=NGC 3 |url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0003.htm |website=Celestial Atlas |access-date=6 November 2018 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106171628/https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0003.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>