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Owl Nebula

planetary nebula in the constellation Ursa Major
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Owl Nebula

Summary

Owl Nebula is a planetary nebula[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of planetary_nebula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (444 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Owl Nebula is credited with the discovery of Pierre Méchain[3].
  • Owl Nebula's instance of is recorded as planetary nebula[4].
  • Owl Nebula's constellation is recorded as Ursa Major[5].
  • Owl Nebula's Commons category is recorded as Owl Nebula[6].
  • Owl Nebula's parent astronomical body is recorded as Orion Arm[7].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as NGC 3587[8].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as M 97[9].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as 2EUVE J1114+55.0[10].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as CSI+55-11119[11].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as EUVE J1114+55.0[12].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as GCRV 6897[13].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as IRAS F11118+5517[14].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 11119+5517[15].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as PK 148+57 1[16].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as PSCz P11119+5517[17].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as SDSS J111447.71+550108.4[18].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as SDSS J111447.70+550108.7[19].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J11144772+5501085[20].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as RX J111447.9+550106[21].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as AG82 135[22].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as GB6 B1111+5517[23].
  • Owl Nebula's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 843950873117830528[24].
  • Owl Nebula's time of discovery or invention is recorded as February 16, 1781[25].
  • Owl Nebula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Owl Nebula[26].
  • Owl Nebula's Commons gallery is recorded as Messier 97[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Owl Nebula's instance of is recorded as planetary nebula[4].

Why It Matters

Owl Nebula ranks in the top 7% of planetary_nebula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (444 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Pierre Méchain

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . messier.seds.org. Retrieved . messier.seds.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . 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] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . messier.seds.org. Retrieved . messier.seds.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Huntster · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Constellation → Ursa Major
    Declination → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+55.01902370140770'}
    Effective temperature → {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+65000'}
    Redshift → {'amount': '+0.00000'}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P2583]]: 2,600 light-year"
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