NGC 2079

Summary

NGC 2079 is an emission nebula^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 2079 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 2079's image is recorded as NGC 2079 DSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 2079's instance of is recorded as emission nebula^[5].
• NGC 2079's instance of is recorded as star cluster^[6].
• NGC 2079's constellation is recorded as Dorado^[7].
• NGC 2079's Commons category is recorded as NGC 2079^[8].
• NGC 2079's parent astronomical body is recorded as Large Magellanic Cloud^[9].
• NGC 2079's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2079^[10].
• NGC 2079's catalog code is recorded as HD 38437^[11].
• NGC 2079's catalog code is recorded as CSI-69-05401^[12].
• NGC 2079's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1834-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• NGC 2079's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121qn0jn^[14].
• NGC 2079's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 2079^[15].
• NGC 2079's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 2079^[16].
• NGC 2079's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+84.91250'}^[17].
• NGC 2079's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-69.77333'}^[18].
• NGC 2079's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[19].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 2079 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 2079 has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]