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NGC 6721

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NGC 6721

Summary

NGC 6721 is a galaxy[1]. NGC 6721 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 6721 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 6721's image is recorded as NGC 6721 legacy dr10.jpg[4].
  • NGC 6721's instance of is recorded as galaxy[5].
  • NGC 6721's constellation is recorded as Pavo[6].
  • NGC 6721's galaxy morphological type is recorded as E[7].
  • NGC 6721's galaxy morphological type is recorded as S...[8].
  • NGC 6721's part of is recorded as Q67624251[9].
  • NGC 6721's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6721[10].
  • NGC 6721's catalog code is recorded as PGC 62680[11].
  • NGC 6721's catalog code is recorded as ESO 141-19[12].
  • NGC 6721's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J19005081-5745337[13].
  • NGC 6721's catalog code is recorded as 6dFGS gJ190050.8-574534[14].
  • NGC 6721's catalog code is recorded as ESO-LV 141-0190[15].
  • NGC 6721's catalog code is recorded as SGC 185634-5749.7[16].
  • NGC 6721's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 62680[17].
  • NGC 6721's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1834-07-12T00:00:00Z[18].
  • NGC 6721's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.014704'}[19].
  • NGC 6721's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.04'}[20].
  • NGC 6721's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.23'}[21].
  • NGC 6721's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.48'}[22].
  • NGC 6721's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.901'}[23].
  • NGC 6721's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.183'}[24].
  • NGC 6721's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.889'}[25].
  • NGC 6721's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+4463'}[26].
  • NGC 6721's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3773454', 'amount': '+53.95'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

NGC 6721 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6721 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Comparison LEDA/SIMBAD octobre 2002. Catalogue to be published in 2003. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Cosmicflows-3. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Cosmicflows-3. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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