NGC 6466
| Galaxy NGC 6466 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 48 m 08.1 s |
| declination | + 51 ° 23 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 111 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022662 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | (6794 ± 23) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(312 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.8 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 18, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6466 • PGC 60883 • CGCG 278-030 • 2MASX J17480808 + 5123570 • LDCE 1267 NED002 | |
NGC 6466 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky , which is an estimated 312 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on September 18, 1884 by Lewis A. Swift , who wrote “eF, vS, R; bet 2 sts which with 2 others form a cross like cross in Cygnus. Neb placed as gamma Cygni “noted.