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NGC 6791

Summary

NGC 6791 is an open cluster[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 6791 is credited with the discovery of Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke[3].
  • NGC 6791's image is recorded as NGC 6791 cluster.jpg[4].
  • NGC 6791's instance of is recorded as open cluster[5].
  • NGC 6791's constellation is recorded as Lyra[6].
  • NGC 6791's Commons category is recorded as NGC 6791[7].
  • NGC 6791's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6791[8].
  • NGC 6791's catalog code is recorded as OCL 142[9].
  • NGC 6791's catalog code is recorded as OCl 142.0[10].
  • NGC 6791's catalog code is recorded as C 1919+377[11].
  • NGC 6791's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 3088[12].
  • NGC 6791's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1853-12-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • NGC 6791's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0943r7[14].
  • NGC 6791's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 6791[15].
  • NGC 6791's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.52'}[16].
  • NGC 6791's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.5'}[17].
  • NGC 6791's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '-47.0'}[18].
  • NGC 6791's metallicity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.42'}[19].
  • NGC 6791's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+6918.310'}[20].
  • NGC 6791's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6791[21].
  • NGC 6791's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6791[22].
  • NGC 6791's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+290.2208'}[23].
  • NGC 6791's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+37.7717'}[24].
  • NGC 6791's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[25].
  • NGC 6791's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-4.91'}[26].
  • NGC 6791's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-0.83'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 6791 is credited with the discovery of Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6791 has Wikipedia articles in 32 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . The SEGUE stellar parameter pipeline. IV. Validation with an extended sample of galactic globular and open clusters. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . On the metallicity of open clusters. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Integrated parameters of star clusters: a comparison of theory and observations. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Blue Stragglers in Galactic Open Clusters and Integrated Spectral Energy Distributions. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Blue Stragglers in Galactic Open Clusters and Integrated Spectral Energy Distributions. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Blue Stragglers in Galactic Open Clusters and Integrated Spectral Energy Distributions. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Proper motions of the optically visible open clusters based on the UCAC4 catalog. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Proper motions of the optically visible open clusters based on the UCAC4 catalog. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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