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The Eastern Veil

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The Eastern Veil

Summary

The Eastern Veil is an astronomical object[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • The Eastern Veil is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • The Eastern Veil's image is recorded as NGC6992 Veil Nebula Supernova Remnant from the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter Schulman Telescope courtesy Adam Block.jpg[4].
  • The Eastern Veil's instance of is recorded as astronomical object[5].
  • The Eastern Veil's constellation is recorded as Cygnus[6].
  • The Eastern Veil's part of is recorded as Veil Nebula[7].
  • The Eastern Veil's Commons category is recorded as Veil Nebula[8].
  • The Eastern Veil's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6992[9].
  • The Eastern Veil's catalog code is recorded as C 33[10].
  • The Eastern Veil's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1784-09-05T00:00:00Z[11].
  • The Eastern Veil's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/NGC-6992[12].
  • The Eastern Veil's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121cgnyt[13].
  • The Eastern Veil's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6992[14].
  • The Eastern Veil's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6992[15].
  • The Eastern Veil's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+314.0792'}[16].
  • The Eastern Veil's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+31.7433'}[17].
  • The Eastern Veil's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[18].

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Works and Contributions

The Eastern Veil is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

The Eastern Veil has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

William Herschel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . History and Accurate Positions for the NGC/IC Objects. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . History and Accurate Positions for the NGC/IC Objects. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . History and Accurate Positions for the NGC/IC Objects. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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