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NGC 466 is a magnitude +12.7 galaxy located 225 million light-years away in the constellation Tucana.

NGC 466 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen Road, Claremont, Cape Town on the 3rd October 1836.

RA 01h 17m 13.4s, Dec -58° 54' 35"



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