NGC 3466
| Galaxy NGC 3466 |
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![NGC 3466 with LEDA 213759 & SDSS J105613.07 + 094357.8 (u) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3466_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3466 with LEDA 213759 & SDSS J105613.07 + 094357.8 (u) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 56 m 15.5 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 45 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) b: / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 291 |
| Redshift | 0.032793 ± 0.000038 |
| Radial velocity | 9831 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(435 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (133.3 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 18, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3466 • UGC 6042 • PGC 32872 • CGCG 066-065 • MCG + 02-28-028 • 2MASX J10561548 + 0945156 • GALEX ASC J105615.40 + 094514.8 • USGC U336 NED08 • NSA 124845 | |
NGC 3466 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBab and the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 435 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter. It probably forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with PGC 213759 .
The galaxies NGC 3444 , NGC 3467 , NGC 3476 , NGC 3477 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on January 18, 1828 by John Herschel .