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Sagittarius Star Cloud

Star cloud in the constellation Sagittarius
Thing stellar_association Q13618
Sagittarius Star Cloud
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Sagittarius Star Cloud

Summary

Sagittarius Star Cloud is a stellar association[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of stellar_association entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sagittarius Star Cloud is credited with the discovery of Charles Messier[3].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's image is recorded as Messier 024 2MASS.jpg[4].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's image is recorded as M024.jpg[5].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's instance of is recorded as stellar association[6].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's instance of is recorded as asterism[7].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's instance of is recorded as Q3237390[8].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's constellation is recorded as Sagittarius[9].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's Commons category is recorded as Sagittarius Star Cloud[10].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's catalog code is recorded as M 24[11].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's catalog code is recorded as IC 4715[12].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1764-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03tltb[14].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sagittarius Star Cloud[15].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's Commons gallery is recorded as Messier 24[16].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+4.6'}[17].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+13000'}[18].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's SIMBAD ID is recorded as M 24[19].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+274.200'}[20].
  • Sagittarius Star Cloud's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-18.550'}[21].

Body

Works and Contributions

Sagittarius Star Cloud is credited with the discovery of Charles Messier[3].

Why It Matters

Sagittarius Star Cloud ranks in the top 6% of stellar_association entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Charles Messier

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . messier.seds.org. messier.seds.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . messier-objects.com. messier-objects.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . History and Accurate Positions for the NGC/IC Objects. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . History and Accurate Positions for the NGC/IC Objects. 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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