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galaxy

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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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.

Supernovae

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