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Horsehead Nebula
(NGC 2024)
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Horsehead Nebulais a part of dust2001-09-27 09:30:10.0
has synonym NGC 20242001-09-27 09:30:10.0
has definition An absorption nebula in the middle of Orion.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:10.0
is an instance of dark nebula2001-09-27 09:30:10.0
dark nebulahas density up to 104 particles per cm32001-09-27 09:30:10.0
is a part of dust2001-09-27 09:32:19.0
nebulais a part of gas2001-09-27 09:32:19.0
has catalog nebula catalog2001-09-27 09:30:10.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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