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Messier 52

open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia
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Messier 52

Summary

Messier 52 is an open cluster[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 54 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Messier 52 is credited with the discovery of Charles Messier[3].
  • Messier 52's image is recorded as M52atlas.jpg[4].
  • Messier 52's instance of is recorded as open cluster[5].
  • Messier 52's constellation is recorded as Cassiopeia[6].
  • Messier 52's spectral class is recorded as e[7].
  • Messier 52's part of is recorded as Milky Way[8].
  • Messier 52's Commons category is recorded as Messier 52[9].
  • Messier 52's catalog code is recorded as M 52[10].
  • Messier 52's catalog code is recorded as NGC 7654[11].
  • Messier 52's catalog code is recorded as Collinder 455[12].
  • Messier 52's catalog code is recorded as Melotte 243[13].
  • Messier 52's catalog code is recorded as OCl 260[14].
  • Messier 52's catalog code is recorded as OCl 260.0[15].
  • Messier 52's catalog code is recorded as C 2322+613[16].
  • Messier 52's catalog code is recorded as OCISM 57[17].
  • Messier 52's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 3725[18].
  • Messier 52's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1774-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Messier 52's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03tvpn[20].
  • Messier 52's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Messier 52[21].
  • Messier 52's Commons gallery is recorded as Messier 52[22].
  • Messier 52's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+7.3'}[23].
  • Messier 52's different from is recorded as Q725471[24].
  • Messier 52's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q531', 'amount': '+9.5'}[25].
  • Messier 52's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '-40.0'}[26].
  • Messier 52's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+3580.964'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Messier 52 is credited with the discovery of Charles Messier[3].

Why It Matters

Messier 52 has Wikipedia articles in 54 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

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] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . On Structural Properties of Open Galactic Clusters and their Spatial Distribution. Catalog of Open Galactic Clusters. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . A Catalogue of Star Clusters shown on Franklin-Adams Chart Plates. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . messier.seds.org. Retrieved . messier.seds.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . messier.seds.org. Retrieved . messier.seds.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Integrated parameters of star clusters: a comparison of theory and observations. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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