NGC 5466

RA:

14:05:27.3

Dec:

+28:32:04

Distance from Sun:

51.8 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

52.8 kly

Apparent Diameter:

11.0 arc min

Brightness:

9.04 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

Diameter:

Abs. Mag:

NGC 5466 was cataloged by William Herschel as H VI.9, following its 1784 discovery.

The image in our page was obtained by Martin Germano in July 2002 from Mt. Pinos area in southern California. It was taken with his 14.5-inch f/5 Newtonian (stopped to 12-inch f/6), and was exposed 110 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 film.