NGC 6781

Summary

NGC 6781 is a planetary nebula^[1]. It draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_nebula category, ranking #23 of 61).^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 6781 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 6781's image is recorded as NGC-6781.jpg^[4].
• NGC 6781's instance of is recorded as planetary nebula^[5].
• NGC 6781's constellation is recorded as Aquila^[6].
• NGC 6781's Commons category is recorded as NGC 6781^[7].
• NGC 6781's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6781^[8].
• NGC 6781's catalog code is recorded as PK 41-2.1^[9].
• NGC 6781's catalog code is recorded as GSC2 N023231154981^[10].
• NGC 6781's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 19160+0626^[11].
• NGC 6781's catalog code is recorded as PK 041-02 1^[12].
• NGC 6781's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1788-07-30T00:00:00Z^[13].
• NGC 6781's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bk19b^[14].
• NGC 6781's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.8'}^[15].
• NGC 6781's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+4.3'}^[16].
• NGC 6781's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q12129', 'amount': '+706'}^[17].
• NGC 6781's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6781^[18].
• NGC 6781's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6781^[19].
• NGC 6781's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+289.6170208'}^[20].
• NGC 6781's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.5386917'}^[21].
• NGC 6781's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[22].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 6781 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6781 draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_nebula category, ranking #23 of 61).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23]