Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 7160 ± 25 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 105.60 ± 7.40 Mpc (~344 million light-years).

[1] It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 20 September 1873.

[2] It was independently rediscovered by the French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on 19 November 1895 and listed as IC 5281 in the Index Catalogue.

[2] NGC 7466 is listed as a Seyfert II Galaxy, i.e. it has a quasar-like nucleus with very high surface brightnesses whose spectra reveal strong, high-ionisation emission lines, but unlike quasars, the host galaxy is clearly detectable.

[1] One supernova has been observed in NGC 7466: SN 2023uu (type Ia, mag 20.1) was discovered by The Young Supernova Experiment (YSE) on 15 January 2023.