NGC 396
SDSS image or NGC 396
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01h 08m 08.4s[1]
Declination	+04° 31′ 51″[1]
Redshift	0.042283[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	12676 km/s[1]
Distance	550 Mly (168 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	16.6[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0[2]
Size	~186,800 ly (57.28 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.41' × 0.25'[1]
Other designations
2MASX J01080838+0431509, PGC 99944, LEDA 99944.[1]

NGC 396 is a lenticular galaxy^[2] located about located about 550 million light-years away^[3] from Earth, in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on October 27, 1864, by Albert Marth. It was described by Dreyer as "extremely faint, small, a little extended."^[2] It is a large galaxy, with a diameter of around 185,000 light years, making it nearly twice the size of the Milky Way.^[3]

• Lenticular galaxy
• List of NGC objects (1–1000)

• Media related to NGC 396 at Wikimedia Commons