Medusa Nebula

Summary

Medusa Nebula is a planetary nebula^[1]. It draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_nebula category, ranking #12 of 61).^[2]

Key Facts

• Medusa Nebula is credited with the discovery of George O. Abell^[3].
• Medusa Nebula's image is recorded as Abell21 - Noaoann09008a.jpg^[4].
• Medusa Nebula's instance of is recorded as planetary nebula^[5].
• Medusa Nebula's instance of is recorded as infrared source^[6].
• Medusa Nebula's constellation is recorded as Gemini^[7].
• Medusa Nebula's spectral class is recorded as DOZ^[8].
• Medusa Nebula's Commons category is recorded as Medusa Nebula^[9].
• Medusa Nebula's catalog code is recorded as PK 205+14 1^[10].
• Medusa Nebula's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J07290269+1314483^[11].
• Medusa Nebula's catalog code is recorded as CSI+13-07262^[12].
• Medusa Nebula's catalog code is recorded as SH 2-274^[13].
• Medusa Nebula's catalog code is recorded as UBV M 44658^[14].
• Medusa Nebula's catalog code is recorded as UBV 7228^[15].
• Medusa Nebula's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1955-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Medusa Nebula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dxwrz^[17].
• Medusa Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.9609'}^[18].
• Medusa Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.581'}^[19].
• Medusa Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.67'}^[20].
• Medusa Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.99'}^[21].
• Medusa Nebula's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+1.8597'}^[22].
• Medusa Nebula's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q12129', 'amount': '+537.7211'}^[23].
• Medusa Nebula's SIMBAD ID is recorded as PN A66 21^[24].
• Medusa Nebula's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+112.2612893421821'}^[25].
• Medusa Nebula's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.24683036709417'}^[26].
• Medusa Nebula's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Medusa Nebula is credited with the discovery of George O. Abell^[3].

Why It Matters

Medusa Nebula draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_nebula category, ranking #12 of 61).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]