NGC 209 (also ESO 540-8, MCG -3-2-31 and PGC 2338) is a magnitude +12.9 elliptical galaxy located 181 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 9th October 1885.
Right Ascension 00h 39m 03.5s, Declination -18° 36' 30"
