NGC 286 (also MCG -2-3-34 and PGC 3142) is a magnitude +14.1 spiral galaxy located 500 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus.
The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66.04 cm (26 inch) Alvan Clark & Sons f/14.9 refracting telescope at the Leander McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia on the 2nd October 1886.
Right Ascension 00h 53m 30.3s, Declination -13° 06' 44"
