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NGC 2516

open cluster in the constellation Carina
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NGC 2516

Summary

NGC 2516 is an open cluster[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 2516 is credited with the discovery of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille[3].
  • NGC 2516's image is recorded as NGC 2516 in Carina.jpg[4].
  • NGC 2516's instance of is recorded as open cluster[5].
  • NGC 2516's constellation is recorded as Carina[6].
  • NGC 2516's Commons category is recorded as NGC 2516[7].
  • NGC 2516's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2516[8].
  • NGC 2516's catalog code is recorded as OCl 776.0[9].
  • NGC 2516's catalog code is recorded as C 0757-607[10].
  • NGC 2516's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 1393[11].
  • NGC 2516's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1751-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • NGC 2516's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b2vn9[13].
  • NGC 2516's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 2516[14].
  • NGC 2516's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3.84'}[15].
  • NGC 2516's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3.8'}[16].
  • NGC 2516's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+2.4118'}[17].
  • NGC 2516's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+23.78'}[18].
  • NGC 2516's metallicity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05'}[19].
  • NGC 2516's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+346'}[20].
  • NGC 2516's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 2516[21].
  • NGC 2516's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 2516[22].
  • NGC 2516's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+119.5167'}[23].
  • NGC 2516's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-60.7533'}[24].
  • NGC 2516's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[25].
  • NGC 2516's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '+11.1517'}[26].
  • NGC 2516's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '+11.151'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 2516 is credited with the discovery of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 2516 has Wikipedia articles in 36 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] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . On the metallicity of open clusters. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Astrophysical parameters of Galactic open clusters. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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