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low-surface-brightness galaxy

diffuse galaxy with a surface brightness that is at least one magnitude lower than the ambient night sky
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low-surface-brightness galaxy

Summary

low-surface-brightness galaxy is an astronomical object type[1]. It draws 30 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #168 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • low-surface-brightness galaxy's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[3].
  • low-surface-brightness galaxy's subclass of is recorded as galaxy[4].
  • low-surface-brightness galaxy's Commons category is recorded as Low surface brightness galaxies[5].
  • low-surface-brightness galaxy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05bccb[6].
  • low-surface-brightness galaxy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Low surface brightness galaxies[7].
  • low-surface-brightness galaxy's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 940[8].
  • low-surface-brightness galaxy's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777554202[9].

Why It Matters

low-surface-brightness galaxy draws 30 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #168 of 289).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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MLA “low-surface-brightness galaxy.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/low-surface-brightness-galaxy.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_low-surface-brightness-galaxy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{low-surface-brightness galaxy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/low-surface-brightness-galaxy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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