NGC 2466

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).^[1] The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 20 February 1835.^[2]

NGC 2466
NGC 2466 imaged by Legacy Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Volans
Right ascension	07h 45m 15.9175s[1]
Declination	−71° 24′ 37.252″[1]
Redshift	0.017722[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5313 ± 6 km/s[1]
Distance	261.2 ± 18.3 Mly (80.07 ± 5.61 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.0[1]
Characteristics
Type	SA(s)c?[1]
Size	~ 200,100 ly (61.34 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.6′ × 1.4′[1]
Other designations
ESO 059- G 018, IRAS 07456-7117, 2MASX J07451596-7124376, MCG +06-08-003, PGC 21714, CGCG 524-065[1]

Supernovae

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 2466:

• South African amateur astronomer Berto Monard discovered SN 2003gh (Type Ia, mag. 15.7) on 29 June 2003.^[3][4]
• ASASSN-14dd (Type Ibn, mag. 15.6) was discovered by the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae on 24 June 2014.^[5][6]
• SN 2016iye (Type IIb, mag. 17.4) was discovered by Stuart Parker on 19 December 2016.^[7]

See also

• List of NGC objects (2001–3000)