NGC 1966

emission nebula in the constellation of Dorado
Thing emission_nebula Q1046236
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NGC 1966

Summary

NGC 1966 is an emission nebula[1]. NGC 1966 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 1966 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 1966's image is recorded as NGC 1966 DSS.jpg[4].
  • NGC 1966's instance of is recorded as emission nebula[5].
  • NGC 1966's constellation is recorded as Dorado[6].
  • NGC 1966's part of is recorded as LH 58[7].
  • NGC 1966's Commons category is recorded as NGC 1966[8].
  • NGC 1966's catalog code is recorded as NGC 1966[9].
  • NGC 1966's catalog code is recorded as ESO 56-125[10].
  • NGC 1966's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1835-01-31T00:00:00Z[11].
  • NGC 1966's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.83'}[12].
  • NGC 1966's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b6_mc_v0[13].
  • NGC 1966's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 1966[14].
  • NGC 1966's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 1966[15].
  • NGC 1966's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+81.62667'}[16].
  • NGC 1966's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-68.81722'}[17].
  • NGC 1966's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[18].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 1966 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 1966 has Wikipedia articles in 25 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] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . The Parkes-MIT-NRAO (PMN) surveys. I. The 4850 MHz surveys and data reduction. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . The Parkes-MIT-NRAO (PMN) surveys. I. The 4850 MHz surveys and data reduction. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . The Parkes-MIT-NRAO (PMN) surveys. I. The 4850 MHz surveys and data reduction. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_q1046236_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 1966}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/q1046236}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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