Sextans A

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Sextans A

Summary

Sextans An is a low-surface-brightness galaxy[1]. It draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (low_surface_brightness_galaxy category, ranking #3 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sextans An is credited with the discovery of Fritz Zwicky[3].
  • Sextans A's image is recorded as Local.group.arp.600pix.jpg[4].
  • Sextans A's instance of is recorded as low-surface-brightness galaxy[5].
  • Sextans A's instance of is recorded as dwarf irregular galaxy[6].
  • Sextans A's instance of is recorded as HI (21cm) source[7].
  • Sextans A's instance of is recorded as infrared source[8].
  • Sextans A's constellation is recorded as Sextans[9].
  • Sextans A's galaxy morphological type is recorded as dI[10].
  • Sextans A's part of is recorded as Local Group[11].
  • Sextans A's Commons category is recorded as Sextans A[12].
  • Sextans A's catalog code is recorded as AGC 500034[13].
  • Sextans A's catalog code is recorded as DDO 75[14].
  • Sextans A's catalog code is recorded as GSC 04907-00713[15].
  • Sextans A's catalog code is recorded as HIPASS J1010-04[16].
  • Sextans A's catalog code is recorded as IRAS F10085-0427[17].
  • Sextans A's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 29653[18].
  • Sextans A's catalog code is recorded as UGCA 205[19].
  • Sextans A's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1942-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Sextans A's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04ltyp[21].
  • Sextans A's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.001081'}[22].
  • Sextans A's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.93'}[23].
  • Sextans A's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.48'}[24].
  • Sextans A's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.13'}[25].
  • Sextans A's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.78'}[26].
  • Sextans A's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[27].

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Works and Contributions

Sextans An is credited with the discovery of Fritz Zwicky[3].

Why It Matters

Sextans A draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (low_surface_brightness_galaxy category, ranking #3 of 19).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Identifying Local Group field galaxies that have interacted with the Milky Way. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . 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] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q66470551. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . The Spitzer Local Volume Legacy (LVL) global optical photometry. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . The Spitzer Local Volume Legacy (LVL) global optical photometry. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . The Spitzer Local Volume Legacy (LVL) global optical photometry. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . The Spitzer Local Volume Legacy (LVL) global optical photometry. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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