| NGC 343 | |
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Ra: | [1] |
| Constellation Name: | Cetus |
| Z: | 0.055288 |
| H Radial V: | 16,575 km/s |
| Type: | Sc[2] |
| Appmag V: | 16.29 |
| Size V: | 0.72' × 0.26' |
| Names: | PGC 133741. |
NGC 343 are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1886 by Frank Muller. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, very small, irregularly round, suddenly brighter middle and nucleus (perhaps a star?)."[3]