NGC 5999

Summary

NGC 5999 is an open cluster^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 5999 is credited with the discovery of James Dunlop^[3].
• NGC 5999's image is recorded as NGC 5999 WISE.jpg^[4].
• NGC 5999's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].
• NGC 5999's constellation is recorded as Norma^[6].
• NGC 5999's Commons category is recorded as NGC 5999^[7].
• NGC 5999's catalog code is recorded as NGC 5999^[8].
• NGC 5999's catalog code is recorded as C 1548-563^[9].
• NGC 5999's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1826-05-08T00:00:00Z^[10].
• NGC 5999's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.0'}^[11].
• NGC 5999's metallicity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '-0.03'}^[12].
• NGC 5999's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11929860', 'amount': '+1.30'}^[13].
• NGC 5999's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121_blq_^[14].
• NGC 5999's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 5999^[15].
• NGC 5999's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 5999^[16].
• NGC 5999's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+238.04708'}^[17].
• NGC 5999's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-56.48806'}^[18].
• NGC 5999's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[19].
• NGC 5999's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-2.79'}^[20].
• NGC 5999's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-0.72'}^[21].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 5999 is credited with the discovery of James Dunlop^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 5999 has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]