NGC 1999

reflection nebula in the constellation Orion
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NGC 1999

Summary

NGC 1999 is a reflection nebula[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 41 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 1999 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 1999's image is recorded as Ngc1999.jpg[4].
  • NGC 1999's instance of is recorded as reflection nebula[5].
  • NGC 1999's constellation is recorded as Orion[6].
  • NGC 1999's part of is recorded as Orion Molecular Cloud Complex[7].
  • NGC 1999's Commons category is recorded as NGC 1999[8].
  • NGC 1999's catalog code is recorded as NGC 1999[9].
  • NGC 1999's catalog code is recorded as LBN 979[10].
  • NGC 1999's catalog code is recorded as LBN 210.44-19.70[11].
  • NGC 1999's catalog code is recorded as Ced 55i[12].
  • NGC 1999's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1785-10-05T00:00:00Z[13].
  • NGC 1999's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06_rw5[14].
  • NGC 1999's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 1999[15].
  • NGC 1999's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.5'}[16].
  • NGC 1999's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 1999[17].
  • NGC 1999's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 1999[18].
  • NGC 1999's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+84.1042'}[19].
  • NGC 1999's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-6.7117'}[20].
  • NGC 1999's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[21].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 1999 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 1999 has Wikipedia articles in 41 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] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Merged catalogue of reflection nebulae. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Merged catalogue of reflection nebulae. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Merged catalogue of reflection nebulae. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 1999. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-1999
MLA “NGC 1999.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-1999.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-1999_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 1999}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-1999}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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