Pillars of Creation

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Photograph photograph Q573260
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Pillars of Creation

Summary

Pillars of Creation is a photograph[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of photograph entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,313 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pillars of Creation is credited with the discovery of John Charles Duncan[3].
  • Pillars of Creation is the creator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration[4].
  • Pillars of Creation's video is recorded as 3D data visualisation of the Pillars of Creation (eso1518a).webm[5].
  • Pillars of Creation's video is recorded as 3D data visualisation of the Pillars of Creation.webm[6].
  • Pillars of Creation's image is recorded as Sternentstehung im Adlernebel.jpg[7].
  • Pillars of Creation's instance of is recorded as photograph[8].
  • Pillars of Creation's instance of is recorded as astronomical object[9].
  • Pillars of Creation's depicts is recorded as Eagle Nebula[10].
  • Pillars of Creation's depicts is recorded as star[11].
  • Pillars of Creation's depicts is recorded as cold molecular pillar[12].
  • Pillars of Creation's Commons category is recorded as Pillars of Creation[13].
  • +1995-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pillars of Creation[14].
  • Pillars of Creation's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1920-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Pillars of Creation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04q00m_[16].
  • Pillars of Creation's described by source is recorded as 100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time[17].
  • Pillars of Creation's Quora topic ID is recorded as Pillars-of-Creation[18].
  • Pillars of Creation's Google Arts & Culture asset ID is recorded as ugG0fH6n_fGaLQ[19].
  • Pillars of Creation's copyright status is recorded as public domain[20].
  • Pillars of Creation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 44812077[21].

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Works and Contributions

Pillars of Creation is credited with the discovery of John Charles Duncan[3]. It is the creator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration[4].

Why It Matters

Pillars of Creation ranks in the top 9% of photograph entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,313 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . 100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time. Retrieved . 100photos.time.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . 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.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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