| NGC 359 | |
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Ra: | [1] |
| Constellation Name: | Cetus |
| Z: | 0.017803 |
| H Radial V: | 5,337 km/s |
| Dist Ly: | 238 Mly[2] |
| Upright: | 1.35 |
| Type: | E0[3] |
| Appmag V: | 14.3g |
| Size V: | 1.10' × 0.78' |
| Names: | UGC 00662, CGCG 384-066, MCG +00-03-066, 2MASX J01041697-0045532, 2MASXi J0104169-004555, PGC 3817. |
NGC 359 is an elliptical galaxy located approximately 238 million light-years from the Solar System[2] in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 2, 1864, by Albert Marth. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, very small."[4]
This elliptical galaxy has an extremely long tidal tail and shell structure, seen across several deep-sky surveys, indicating a likely-recent and possibly ongoing interaction with nearby galactic neighbor NGC 364.