Veil Nebula

supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus
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Veil Nebula

Summary

Veil Nebula is a supernova remnant[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of supernova_remnant entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Veil Nebula is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • Veil Nebula's image is recorded as Veil nebula (Mikael Svalgaard).jpg[4].
  • Veil Nebula's instance of is recorded as supernova remnant[5].
  • Veil Nebula's constellation is recorded as Cygnus[6].
  • Veil Nebula's Commons category is recorded as Veil Nebula[7].
  • Veil Nebula's has part is recorded as IC 1340[8].
  • Veil Nebula's has part is recorded as The Western Veil[9].
  • Veil Nebula's has part is recorded as The Eastern Veil[10].
  • Veil Nebula's catalog code is recorded as C 33[11].
  • Veil Nebula's catalog code is recorded as C 34[12].
  • -6000-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Veil Nebula[13].
  • Veil Nebula's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1784-09-05T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Veil Nebula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0blrm1[15].
  • Veil Nebula's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.0'}[16].
  • Veil Nebula's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Veil-Nebula[17].
  • Veil Nebula's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+1470'}[18].

Body

Designation and Status

Veil Nebula's instance of is recorded as supernova remnant[5].

History and Context

-6000-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Veil Nebula[13]. Catalog codes include C 33[11] and C 34[12].

Why It Matters

Veil Nebula ranks in the top 9% of supernova_remnant entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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