Southern Crab Nebula

planetary nebula in the constellation Centaurus
Thing planetary_nebula Q1060819
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Southern Crab Nebula

Summary

Southern Crab Nebula is a planetary nebula[1]. It draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_nebula category, ranking #19 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • Southern Crab Nebula's image is recorded as Southern Crab Nebula center.jpg[3].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's instance of is recorded as planetary nebula[4].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's constellation is recorded as Centaurus[5].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's Commons category is recorded as Southern Crab Nebula[6].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's catalog code is recorded as ESO 221-31[7].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's catalog code is recorded as GSC2 S2321313350[8].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 14085-5112[9].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J14115206-5126241[10].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's catalog code is recorded as PK 315+09 1[11].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's catalog code is recorded as SCM 78[12].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 6089564718596906880[13].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ptyp3[14].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6393'}[15].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.005'}[16].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.957'}[17].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.145'}[18].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.20'}[19].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+0.2089'}[20].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '-143.6'}[21].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's SIMBAD ID is recorded as WRAY 16-147[22].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+212.96692141731580'}[23].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-51.44005109354130'}[24].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[25].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '-3.019'}[26].
  • Southern Crab Nebula's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '-8.707'}[27].

Why It Matters

Southern Crab Nebula draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_nebula category, ranking #19 of 61).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . SIMBAD. 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Gaia Data Release 2. 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.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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