Flame Nebula

Summary

Flame Nebula is a star cluster^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of star_cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Flame Nebula is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].
• Flame Nebula's image is recorded as The hidden fires of the Flame Nebula.jpg^[4].
• Flame Nebula's instance of is recorded as star cluster^[5].
• Flame Nebula's instance of is recorded as molecular cloud^[6].
• Flame Nebula's constellation is recorded as Orion^[7].
• Flame Nebula's part of is recorded as Orion Molecular Cloud Complex^[8].
• Flame Nebula's Commons category is recorded as Flame Nebula^[9].
• Flame Nebula's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2024^[10].
• Flame Nebula's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1786-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Flame Nebula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cqsrx^[12].
• Flame Nebula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 2024^[13].
• Flame Nebula's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+8.65'}^[14].
• Flame Nebula's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 2024^[15].
• Flame Nebula's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 2024^[16].
• Flame Nebula's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+85.4292'}^[17].
• Flame Nebula's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-1.8417'}^[18].
• Flame Nebula's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[19].
• Flame Nebula's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 66268^[20].

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Works and Contributions

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

Why It Matters

Flame Nebula ranks in the top 2% of star_cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]