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Pillars of Creation

astrophotograph by the Hubble Space Telescope
Photograph photograph Q573260
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Summary

Pillars of Creation is a photograph[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of photograph entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,842 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: John Charles Duncan[3]
  • Creator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration[4]
  • Instance of: astronomical object[5]
  • Depicts: Eagle Nebula[6], star[7], cold molecular pillar[8]
  • Commons category: Pillars of Creation[9]
  • Inception: April 1, 1995[10]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1920[11]
  • Described by source: 100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time[12]
  • Copyright status: public domain[13]

Why It Matters

Pillars of Creation has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time. Retrieved . 100photos.time.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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