Three supernovae have been observed in NGC2466. On 29 June 2003, South African amateur astronomer Berto Monard discovered SN2003gh (typeIa, mag.15.7).[3][4] The other two supernovae are ASASSN-14dd (typeIbn, mag.15.6)[5][6] and SN2016iye (typeIIb, mag.17.4).[7]