Cotton Candy Nebula

Summary

Cotton Candy Nebula is a nebula^[1]. It draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (nebula category, ranking #7 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cotton Candy Nebula's image is recorded as Cottoncandynebula.jpg^[3].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's instance of is recorded as nebula^[4].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's constellation is recorded as Scorpius^[5].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's spectral class is recorded as F3-7I^[6].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's Commons category is recorded as Cotton Candy Nebula^[7].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's catalog code is recorded as DENIS J171819.8-322721^[8].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's catalog code is recorded as GSC2 S222330241876^[9].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 17150-3224^[10].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J17181985-3227216^[11].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's catalog code is recorded as RAFGL 6815S^[12].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's catalog code is recorded as MSX6C G353.8435+02.9843^[13].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's catalog code is recorded as [LFO93] 1715-32^[14].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r34r0^[15].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.10'}^[16].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.22'}^[17].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.391'}^[18].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[19].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's SIMBAD ID is recorded as RAFGL 6815S^[20].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+259.582708'}^[21].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-32.456000'}^[22].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[23].
• Cotton Candy Nebula's Gaia ID is recorded as 5979492330361622912^[24].

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Designation and Status

Cotton Candy Nebula's instance of is recorded as nebula^[4].

History and Context

Catalog codes include DENIS J171819.8-322721^[8], GSC2 S222330241876^[9], IRAS 17150-3224^[10], 2MASS J17181985-3227216^[11], RAFGL 6815S^[12], and MSX6C G353.8435+02.9843^[13].

Why It Matters

Cotton Candy Nebula draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (nebula category, ranking #7 of 9).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]