NGC 5466
DSS image of NGC 5466
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 5466, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 5466
H VI 9, h 1746, GC 3776

Type  Globular Cluster
Magnitude  9.1
Size  11'
Right Ascension  14h 5' 27.4"  (2000)
Declination  28° 32' 4" N
Constellation  Boötes
Description  Cl, L, vRi, vmC, st 11...
Classification  XII
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Jul 19, 2022    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Good sized, 7' diameter, faint, in the 8" a circular unresolved haze without a notable core, but rather modestly brighter to the center

Andrew Cooper
Apr 19, 2012    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Good sized, faint, a rich cluster of dim stars filling a 7' area

Andrew Cooper
May 14, 2004    Caballo Loco Ranch, Pima Co., AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Good sized, very sparse for a globular, no real core

Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885    Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)
94mm f/18 Tully Achromat

Faint white cloud. 5' to 6' in diameter. h. stars 11 mg.
― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
Other Data Sources for NGC 5466
Nearby objects for NGC 5466
3 objects found within 120'
11 Boötis IC 4355 IC 4384
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NGC 5466