Stephan's Quintet

grouping of five galaxies
Thing galaxy_group Q5114
Stephan's Quintet
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Stephan's Quintet

Summary

Stephan's Quintet is a galaxy group[1]. It draws 107 Wikipedia views per month (galaxy_group category, ranking #3 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • Stephan's Quintet is credited with the discovery of Édouard Stephan[3].
  • Stephan's Quintet's image is recorded as Stephan's Quintet taken by James Webb Space Telescope.tif[4].
  • Stephan's Quintet's image is recorded as Stephan's Quintet Hubble 2009.full.jpg[5].
  • Stephan's Quintet's instance of is recorded as galaxy group[6].
  • Stephan's Quintet's instance of is recorded as compact group of galaxies[7].
  • Stephan's Quintet's instance of is recorded as pentad[8].
  • Stephan's Quintet's constellation is recorded as Pegasus[9].
  • Stephan's Quintet's Commons category is recorded as Stephan's Quintet[10].
  • Stephan's Quintet's has part is recorded as Q660849[11].
  • Stephan's Quintet's has part is recorded as NGC 7318A[12].
  • Stephan's Quintet's has part is recorded as Q1123567[13].
  • Stephan's Quintet's has part is recorded as Q942214[14].
  • Stephan's Quintet's has part is recorded as Q606147[15].
  • Stephan's Quintet's has part is recorded as NGC 7320c[16].
  • Stephan's Quintet's catalog code is recorded as HCG 92[17].
  • Stephan's Quintet's catalog code is recorded as RX J2236.0+3358[18].
  • Stephan's Quintet's catalog code is recorded as WBL 683[19].
  • Stephan's Quintet's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1877-09-22T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Stephan's Quintet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/029m64[21].
  • Stephan's Quintet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stephan's Quintet[22].
  • Stephan's Quintet's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0215'}[23].
  • Stephan's Quintet's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+6376'}[24].
  • Stephan's Quintet's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NAME Stephan's Quintet[25].
  • Stephan's Quintet's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+338.98958'}[26].
  • Stephan's Quintet's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+33.96000'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

Stephan's Quintet is credited with the discovery of Édouard Stephan[3].

Why It Matters

Stephan's Quintet draws 107 Wikipedia views per month (galaxy_group category, ranking #3 of 18).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Catalogs of compact groups of galaxies from the enhanced SDSS DR12. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Catalogs of compact groups of galaxies from the enhanced SDSS DR12. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . The L_X_-{sigma} relation for galaxies and clusters of galaxies. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . The L_X_-{sigma} relation for galaxies and clusters of galaxies. 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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