NGC 2081

open cluster in the constellation Dorado
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NGC 2081

Summary

NGC 2081 is a H II region[1]. It draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (h_ii_region category, ranking #39 of 78).[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 2081 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 2081's image is recorded as NGC2081-cc.jpg[4].
  • NGC 2081's instance of is recorded as H II region[5].
  • NGC 2081's constellation is recorded as Dorado[6].
  • NGC 2081's Commons category is recorded as NGC 2081[7].
  • NGC 2081's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2081[8].
  • NGC 2081's catalog code is recorded as MRC 0539-695[9].
  • NGC 2081's catalog code is recorded as SUMSS J053910-693016[10].
  • NGC 2081's catalog code is recorded as PKS 0539-695[11].
  • NGC 2081's catalog code is recorded as PKS J0539-6929[12].
  • NGC 2081's catalog code is recorded as [FHW95] LMC B0539-6931[13].
  • NGC 2081's catalog code is recorded as SUMSS J053911-693016[14].
  • NGC 2081's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1834-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • NGC 2081's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121k2zng[16].
  • NGC 2081's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 2081[17].
  • NGC 2081's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 2081[18].
  • NGC 2081's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+84.793750'}[19].
  • NGC 2081's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-69.504444'}[20].
  • NGC 2081's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[21].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 2081 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 2081 draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (h_ii_region category, ranking #39 of 78).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

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] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SUMSS: a wide-field radio imaging survey of the southern sky - II. The source catalogue. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . SUMSS: a wide-field radio imaging survey of the southern sky - II. The source catalogue. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . SUMSS: a wide-field radio imaging survey of the southern sky - II. The source catalogue. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 2081. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-2081
MLA “NGC 2081.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-2081.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-2081_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 2081}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-2081}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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