M2-9

planetary nebula in Ophiuchus
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M2-9

Summary

M2-9 is a planetary nebula[1]. M2-9 draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_nebula category, ranking #8 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • M2-9 is credited with the discovery of Rudolph Minkowski[3].
  • M2-9's image is recorded as Planetary Nebula M2-9.jpg[4].
  • M2-9's instance of is recorded as planetary nebula[5].
  • M2-9's instance of is recorded as bipolar nebula[6].
  • M2-9's instance of is recorded as infrared source[7].
  • M2-9's instance of is recorded as sub-millimetric source[8].
  • M2-9's constellation is recorded as Ophiuchus[9].
  • M2-9's Commons category is recorded as M2-9[10].
  • M2-9's catalog code is recorded as GSC2 S223220328[11].
  • M2-9's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 17028-1004[12].
  • M2-9's catalog code is recorded as IRAS F17028-1004[13].
  • M2-9's catalog code is recorded as PK 010+18 2[14].
  • M2-9's catalog code is recorded as PSCz P17028-1004[15].
  • M2-9's catalog code is recorded as RAFGL 5334[16].
  • M2-9's catalog code is recorded as PDS 94[17].
  • M2-9's catalog code is recorded as SCM 130[18].
  • M2-9's catalog code is recorded as [LFO93] 1702-10[19].
  • M2-9's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1947-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].
  • M2-9's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02lhts[21].
  • M2-9's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.59'}[22].
  • M2-9's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.198'}[23].
  • M2-9's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.177'}[24].
  • M2-9's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.996'}[25].
  • M2-9's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q12129', 'amount': '+1705'}[26].
  • M2-9's SIMBAD ID is recorded as PN M 2-9[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

M2-9 is credited with the discovery of Rudolph Minkowski[3].

Why It Matters

M2-9 draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_nebula category, ranking #8 of 61).[2] M2-9 has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] M2-9 is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. 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] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . The Guide Star Catalog, Version 2.2 (GSC2.2). wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . The Magellanic Cloud Calibration of the Galactic Planetary Nebula Distance Scale. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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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