NGC 1981

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:star
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Orion_constellation
gptkb:Orion_Molecular_Cloud_Complex
gptkb:Perseus_constellation
gptkbp:age approximately 20 million years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 6.8
gptkbp:average_temperature around 10,000 K
gptkbp:body_style irregular
gptkbp:contains gptkb:HD_37061
gptkb:HD_37062
HD 37063
HD 37064
HD 37065
HD 37066
HD 37067
HD 37068
HD 37069
HD 37070
gptkbp:declination -04° 55′ 00″
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:physicist
best viewed in winter months
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:John_Herschel
gptkbp:distance 1,500 light years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkb:Messier_catalog
gptkbp:has_color 0.0
blue-white
gptkbp:has_luminosity high luminosity
gptkbp:has_spectral_type B-type stars
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 1981
gptkbp:is_associated_with gptkb:Betelgeuse
gptkb:Orion's_Belt
gptkb:Rigel
gptkb:Orion's_Sword
Orion constellation stars
gptkbp:is_located_near gptkb:Orion_Nebula
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Spitzer_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Milky_Way_Galaxy
gptkbp:is_similar_to gptkb:NGC_1980
gptkb:NGC_1982
gptkbp:is_studied_in astrophysics
stellar evolution
galactic astronomy
star cluster dynamics
gptkbp:lighting moderately bright
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Orion_constellation
gptkbp:mass approximately 1,000 solar masses
gptkbp:notable_feature gptkb:star
bright stars
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Orion_Molecular_Cloud_Complex
gptkbp:population low density
gptkbp:right_ascension 05h 35m 24s
gptkbp:size approximately 10 arcminutes
gptkbp:year_created 1831