NGC 283 (also IRAS 00507-1326, MCG -2-3-31 and PGC 3124) is a magnitude +14.1 spiral galaxy located 521 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 13.1s, Declination -13° 09' 48"
