Boomerang Nebula

protoplanetary nebula
Thing protoplanetary_nebula Q860979
Boomerang Nebula
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Boomerang Nebula

Summary

Boomerang Nebula is a Protoplanetary nebula[1]. It draws 178 Wikipedia views per month (protoplanetary_nebula category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Boomerang Nebula's image is recorded as Boomerang nebula.jpg[3].
  • Boomerang Nebula's instance of is recorded as Protoplanetary nebula[4].
  • Boomerang Nebula's instance of is recorded as infrared source[5].
  • Boomerang Nebula's constellation is recorded as Centaurus[6].
  • boomerang is named after Boomerang Nebula[7].
  • Boomerang Nebula's Commons category is recorded as Boomerang Nebula[8].
  • Boomerang Nebula's catalog code is recorded as ESO 172-7[9].
  • Boomerang Nebula's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 12419-5414[10].
  • Boomerang Nebula's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 3074547[11].
  • Boomerang Nebula's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J12444609-5431133[12].
  • Boomerang Nebula's catalog code is recorded as UCAC4 178-100510[13].
  • Boomerang Nebula's catalog code is recorded as HBC 592[14].
  • Boomerang Nebula's catalog code is recorded as WKK98 1328[15].
  • Boomerang Nebula's catalog code is recorded as [LFO93] 1241-54[16].
  • Boomerang Nebula's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 6073662099660289536[17].
  • Boomerang Nebula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dm12[18].
  • Boomerang Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.06'}[19].
  • Boomerang Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0899'}[20].
  • Boomerang Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.54'}[21].
  • Boomerang Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.56'}[22].
  • Boomerang Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.624'}[23].
  • Boomerang Nebula's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+5.0553'}[24].
  • Boomerang Nebula's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '-12.19'}[25].
  • Boomerang Nebula's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+5000'}[26].
  • Boomerang Nebula's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q12129', 'amount': '+197.8122'}[27].

Why It Matters

Boomerang Nebula draws 178 Wikipedia views per month (protoplanetary_nebula category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Fourth USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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