NGC 466

NGC 466 is a lenticular galaxy located about 247 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Tucana.^[2][3] NGC 466 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on October 3, 1836.^[4][5]

NGC 466
Legacy Survey DR 10 image of NGC 466
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Tucana
Right ascension	01h 17m 13.2385s.[1]
Declination	−58° 54′ 35.746″[1]
Redshift	0.017552±0.000087[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	5,262±26 km/s[1]
Distance	247.2 ± 17.4 Mly (75.78 ± 5.33 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	NGC 434 Group (LGG 19)
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.56[1]
Characteristics
Type	SA0^+(rs) [1]
Apparent size (V)	1.8′ × 1.5′[1]
Other designations
ESO 113- G 034, AM 0115-591, PGC 4632[1]

NGC 434 group

NGC 466 is a member of the NGC 434 galaxy group (also known as LGG 19). This group includes at least 10 galaxies, including NGC 434, NGC 434A, NGC 440, NGC 484, IC 1649, and four from the ESO catalogue.^[6]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 466: SN 2025rib (Type Ia-91bg-like, mag. 18.186) was discovered by ATLAS on 16 July 2025.^[7]

See also

• Lenticular galaxy
• NGC 7302
• List of NGC objects (1–1000)