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Iris Nebula

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Iris Nebula

Summary

Iris Nebula is a reflection nebula[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of reflection_nebula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Iris Nebula is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • Iris Nebula's image is recorded as Iris1HunterWilson.jpg[4].
  • Iris Nebula's instance of is recorded as reflection nebula[5].
  • Iris Nebula's instance of is recorded as ultraviolet source[6].
  • Iris Nebula's instance of is recorded as dark nebula[7].
  • Iris Nebula's constellation is recorded as Cepheus[8].
  • Iris Nebula's Commons category is recorded as NGC 7023[9].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as NGC 7023[10].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as OCL 235[11].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as LBN 487[12].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as AAVSO 2044+67[13].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 20599+6755[14].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as IRAS F20599+6755[15].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as LBN 104.08+14.21[16].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as OCl 235[17].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as PSCz P20599+6755[18].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as C 2059+679[19].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as Collinder 429[20].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as Caldwell 4[21].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as [SPB96] 2161[22].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as IRIS Nebula[23].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as [RK68] 105[24].
  • Iris Nebula's catalog code is recorded as GN 21.01.0[25].
  • Iris Nebula's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1794-10-18T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Iris Nebula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qnhg6[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

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

Why It Matters

Iris Nebula ranks in the top 6% of reflection_nebula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

William Herschel

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. Retrieved . cseligman.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . On Structural Properties of Open Galactic Clusters and their Spatial Distribution. Catalog of Open Galactic Clusters. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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