Horsehead Nebula

Summary

Horsehead Nebula is an emission nebula^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of emission_nebula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (587 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Horsehead Nebula is credited with the discovery of Antonio Mateu Lahoz^[3].
• Horsehead Nebula's image is recorded as Barnard 33.jpg^[4].
• Horsehead Nebula's instance of is recorded as emission nebula^[5].
• Horsehead Nebula's instance of is recorded as dark nebula^[6].
• Horsehead Nebula's constellation is recorded as Orion^[7].
• Horsehead Nebula's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315140595^[8].
• Horsehead Nebula's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2001010279^[9].
• Horsehead Nebula's part of is recorded as Orion Molecular Cloud Complex^[10].
• Horsehead Nebula's Commons category is recorded as Horsehead Nebula^[11].
• Horsehead Nebula's catalog code is recorded as Barnard 33^[12].
• Horsehead Nebula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/032qry^[13].
• Horsehead Nebula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Horsehead Nebula^[14].
• Horsehead Nebula's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Horsehead-Nebula^[15].
• Horsehead Nebula's different from is recorded as IC 434^[16].
• Horsehead Nebula's FAST ID is recorded as 1295629^[17].
• Horsehead Nebula's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+1500'}^[18].
• Horsehead Nebula's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NAME Horsehead Nebula^[19].
• Horsehead Nebula's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Hestehodetåken^[20].
• Horsehead Nebula's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+85.24583'}^[21].
• Horsehead Nebula's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-2.45833'}^[22].
• Horsehead Nebula's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[23].
• Horsehead Nebula's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3925490^[24].
• Horsehead Nebula's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007561294905171^[25].

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Works and Contributions

Horsehead Nebula is credited with the discovery of Antonio Mateu Lahoz^[3].

Why It Matters

Horsehead Nebula ranks in the top 8% of emission_nebula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (587 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]