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NGC2466

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 7:45:15.6
Declination: -71:24:39
Constellation: VOL
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, lbM
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2466 24" (4/4/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 260x appears moderately bright, fairly small, irregularly round, 0.9'x0.8'. Broad, weak concentration to a very small, brighter core. The outer halo appears to change orientation or extent using averted vision (this is a face-on spiral). Located 1.2¡ NNE of mag 3.9 Zeta Volantis.