NGC 4466
| Galaxy NGC 4466 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 29 m 30.6 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 41 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 101 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo Galaxy Clusters |
| Redshift | 0.002512 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (753 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(31 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (9.4 ± 0.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Bindon Stoney |
| Discovery date | February 26, 1851 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4466 • UGC 7626 • PGC 41170 • CGCG 042-131 • MCG + 01-32-081 • IRAS F12269 + 0758 • VCC 1193 • LEDA 41170 | |
NGC 4466 is a spiral dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 31 million light years away from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 10,000 ly and is listed under catalog number VVC 1193 as part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4465 , NGC 4467 , NGC 4470 , NGC 4472 .
The object was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on February 26, 1851 .