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NGC 6502

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NGC 6502

Summary

NGC 6502 is a galaxy[1]. NGC 6502 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 6502 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 6502's image is recorded as NGC 6502 DSS.jpg[4].
  • NGC 6502's instance of is recorded as galaxy[5].
  • NGC 6502's constellation is recorded as Pavo[6].
  • NGC 6502's galaxy morphological type is recorded as E-S0[7].
  • NGC 6502's galaxy morphological type is recorded as E[8].
  • NGC 6502's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6502[9].
  • NGC 6502's catalog code is recorded as ESO 103-2[10].
  • NGC 6502's catalog code is recorded as AM 1759-652[11].
  • NGC 6502's catalog code is recorded as PGC 61352[12].
  • NGC 6502's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J18041368-6524357[13].
  • NGC 6502's catalog code is recorded as 6dFGS gJ180413.7-652436[14].
  • NGC 6502's catalog code is recorded as ESO-LV 103-0020[15].
  • NGC 6502's catalog code is recorded as SGC 175913-6524.7[16].
  • NGC 6502's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 61352[17].
  • NGC 6502's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 6629403487352973696[18].
  • NGC 6502's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1835-07-20T00:00:00Z[19].
  • NGC 6502's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.018319'}[20].
  • NGC 6502's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.6'}[21].
  • NGC 6502's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.59'}[22].
  • NGC 6502's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.93'}[23].
  • NGC 6502's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+16.4048'}[24].
  • NGC 6502's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.139'}[25].
  • NGC 6502's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.447'}[26].
  • NGC 6502's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.197'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 6502 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6502 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] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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