Cone Nebula

Summary

Cone Nebula is a H II region^[1]. It draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (h_ii_region category, ranking #17 of 78).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cone Nebula is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].
• Cone Nebula's image is recorded as Cone Nebula (NGC 2264) Star-Forming Pillar of Gas and Dust.jpg^[4].
• Cone Nebula's instance of is recorded as H II region^[5].
• Cone Nebula's instance of is recorded as dark nebula^[6].
• Cone Nebula's constellation is recorded as Monoceros^[7].
• Cone Nebula's part of is recorded as Q226134^[8].
• Cone Nebula's Commons category is recorded as Cone Nebula^[9].
• Cone Nebula's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1785-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Cone Nebula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03w09b^[11].
• Cone Nebula's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NAME Cone Nebula^[12].
• Cone Nebula's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+100.275'}^[13].
• Cone Nebula's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.883'}^[14].
• Cone Nebula's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[15].

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Works and Contributions

Cone Nebula is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

Cone Nebula draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (h_ii_region category, ranking #17 of 78).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16]