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Nebula

Flame Nebula (NGC 2024)

An emission nebula and star-forming region in Orion, near the star Alnitak.

Type
Nebula
Domain
Scientific connections
Connections
2

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA · NASA media (public domain)

Inside the Flame Nebula
Inside the Flame Nebula · X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/K.Getman, E.Feigelson, M.Kuhn and the MYStIX team; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Experience system V6

Nebular structure profile

A visual story for gas, dust, ionization, star-forming context, and observational imagery.

Deep-sky mapStructure diagramImage provenanceRelated objects
  1. 01

    Observe

    NASA imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.

  2. 02

    Measure

    Measurement panels use graph coverage, catalog identifiers, and source availability without inventing values.

  3. 03

    Locate

    Part of New General Catalogue (NGC).

  4. 04

    Connect

    2 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.

Object type
Nebula
Graph relations
2
Verified sources
2
Image records
3
Domain
Scientific connections
Status
Graph entity

Scientific map

Atlas context

Flame Nebula (NGC 2024)coordinate fields shown only when available
  • Part of

    New General Catalogue (NGC)

  • Located in

    Orion

Original SVG diagram

Deep-sky morphology

Galaxy-scale viewBulge / nucleusDisk or stellar haloMorphology comes from observationNebula
Object class
Nebula
Catalog numbers
Not recorded
Image records
3
Graph relations
2
New General Catal...OrionFlame Nebula (NGC 2024)Nebula

Visual knowledge graph

Relationships, not isolated facts

This viewport is generated from the Asteria knowledge graph. Science, culture, and interpretive links remain separated by domain so visual context never changes the evidentiary meaning of a relation.

Image provenance

Photography as evidence

3 cleared visual records
A Different View of the Flame Nebula

A Different View of the Flame Nebula

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA · NASA media (public domain)

Inside the Flame Nebula

Inside the Flame Nebula

X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/K.Getman, E.Feigelson, M.Kuhn and the MYStIX team; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech · NASA media (public domain)

Hubble-V

Hubble-V

NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA Acknowledgment: C. R. ODell Vanderbilt University and L. Bianchi Johns Hopkins University and Osservatorio Astronomico, Torinese, Italy · NASA media (public domain)

Continue the atlas

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catalog

New General Catalogue (NGC)

A catalogue of nearly 8,000 deep-sky objects.

constellation

Orion

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A bipolar planetary nebula in Scorpius with one of the hottest known central stars.

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Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543)

A complex planetary nebula in the constellation Draco, one of the first to be studied with a spectroscope.

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Flame Nebula

H II region in Orion, magnitude 11.

nebula

Lower Sword

Cluster with nebulosity in Orion, magnitude 2.5.

Observation

How this was captured

Source
NASA
Observation date
2012-07-02

Gallery

Hubble-V

Resembling curling flames from a campfire, a magnificent nebula in a nearby galaxy observed by NASA Hubble Space Telescope provides new insight into the fierce birth of stars as it may have occurred in the early univers…

1999

NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA Acknowledgment: C. R. ODell Vanderbilt University and L. Bianchi Johns Hopkins University and Osservatorio Astronomico, Torinese, Italy · NASA media (public domain)

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Data

Scientific data & provenance

Data & provenance

Stable ID
nebula:ngc-2024
Type
Nebula
Domain
Scientific connections
Relationships
2
Graph version
1.0.0

Dataset membership

Open data

In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld

Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/nebula:ngc-2024

Scientific quality

Partial
Unreviewed2 sourcesv1.0.0

3 of 6 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial

Description
Complete
Source coverage
Complete
Relationship coverage
Partial
Review coverage
None
Citation coverage
None
Image coverage
Complete
Timeline coverage
Not applicable

Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.

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Sources & references

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

    Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

  • ESAEuropean Space Agency

    European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.