IC 2944

Summary

IC 2944 is a H II region^[1]. It draws 53 Wikipedia views per month (h_ii_region category, ranking #16 of 78).^[2]

Key Facts

• IC 2944 is credited with the discovery of Royal Harwood Frost^[3].
• IC 2944's image is recorded as The Very Large Telescope Snaps a Stellar Nursery and Celebrates Fifteen Years of Operations.jpg^[4].
• IC 2944's instance of is recorded as H II region^[5].
• IC 2944's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[6].
• IC 2944's constellation is recorded as Centaurus^[7].
• IC 2944's spectral class is recorded as M2Ibpe+...^[8].
• IC 2944's Commons category is recorded as IC 2944^[9].
• IC 2944's catalog code is recorded as GUM 42^[10].
• IC 2944's catalog code is recorded as MHR 18^[11].
• IC 2944's catalog code is recorded as MSH 11-6-05^[12].
• IC 2944's catalog code is recorded as RCW 62^[13].
• IC 2944's catalog code is recorded as GRS G295.00 -01.70^[14].
• IC 2944's catalog code is recorded as IC 2944^[15].
• IC 2944's catalog code is recorded as OCl 862.0^[16].
• IC 2944's catalog code is recorded as C 1134-627^[17].
• IC 2944's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1904-05-05T00:00:00Z^[18].
• IC 2944's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bqnyv^[19].
• IC 2944's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+4.5'}^[20].
• IC 2944's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '-0.9'}^[21].
• IC 2944's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q12129', 'amount': '+1794'}^[22].
• IC 2944's SIMBAD ID is recorded as IC 2944^[23].
• IC 2944's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+174.58500'}^[24].
• IC 2944's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+174.583330'}^[25].
• IC 2944's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-63.37278'}^[26].
• IC 2944's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-63.372780'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

IC 2944 is credited with the discovery of Royal Harwood Frost^[3].

Why It Matters

IC 2944 draws 53 Wikipedia views per month (h_ii_region category, ranking #16 of 78).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]