NGC 2466

galaxy

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: EmG
Redshift: z = 0.017933406695895826
Coordinates: RA 116.3166° · Dec -71.4105°

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Key facts

Constellation: Volans
Right ascension: 07 45 15.9175
Declination: −71 ° 24 ′ 37.252 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 5313 ± 6 km/s
Distance: 261.2 ± 18.3 Mly (80.07 ± 5.61 Mpc )
Type: SA(s)c?
Size: ~ 200,100 ly (61.34 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 1.6′ × 1.4′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Volans
Image: NGC 2466 DSS.jpg

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radial velocity: 5161
redshift: 0.017722
discoverer or inventor: John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1835-02-20
catalog code: [SLK2004] 548
galaxy morphological type: Sc
apparent magnitude: 10.101
right ascension: 116.3165125
declination: -71.4104528
epoch: J2000.0
Commons category: NGC 2466

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 2466 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Volans. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5428 ± 10 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 261.2 ± 18.3 Mly (80.07 ± 5.61 Mpc). The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 20 February 1835.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2466” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.