NGC 2024

E460825

NGC 2024, also known as the Flame Nebula, is a bright emission nebula and active star-forming region located in the constellation Orion near the Horsehead Nebula.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
NGC 2024 canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf H II region ⓘ
astronomical object ⓘ
emission nebula ⓘ
star-forming region ⓘ
ageOfEmbeddedCluster ~200,000 years ⓘ
angularSize ~30 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV ~10.0 ⓘ
bestSeenIn long-exposure astrophotography ⓘ
wide-field telescopes ⓘ
catalog New General Catalogue ⓘ
contains dense molecular gas ⓘ
dust lanes ⓘ
embedded star cluster ⓘ
pre-main-sequence stars ⓘ
protostars ⓘ
young stellar objects ⓘ
declination −01° 51′ ⓘ
discoveredBy William Herschel ⓘ
discoveryDate 1786 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth ~1350 light-years ⓘ
~415 parsecs ⓘ
dominantEmissionLines [O III] ⓘ
[S II] ⓘ
hydrogen alpha ⓘ
galacticLatitude −16.3° ⓘ
galacticLongitude 206.5° ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Flame Nebula ⓘ
hasColor reddish ⓘ
hasInfraredExcessSources yes ⓘ
hasNotableFeature dark dust lane resembling flames ⓘ
hasStarFormationActivity ongoing ⓘ
hasXRayEmission yes ⓘ
ionizingSource Alnitak ⓘ
locatedIn Milky Way ⓘ
Orion Molecular Cloud Complex ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Orion ⓘ
nearObject Alnitak ⓘ
Horsehead Nebula ⓘ
obscuredBy interstellar dust ⓘ
observedInSurvey Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
Spitzer Space Telescope ⓘ
Very Large Array ⓘ
partOf Orion B molecular cloud ⓘ
regionType massive star-forming region ⓘ
rightAscension 05h 41m ⓘ
spectralType H II emission ⓘ
visibleIn infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
radio wavelengths ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Horsehead Nebula → near → NGC 2024 ⓘ
Orion → containsDeepSkyObject → NGC 2024 ⓘ
subject linked to: Orion constellation
NGC 2071 → inSameRegionAs → NGC 2024 ⓘ