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Dumbbell Nebula, an Uncommon card
The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 30,000
Power 97 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Dumbbell Nebula quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dumbbell Nebula card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was the first such nebula to be ______, by Charles Messier in 1764.
Answer
discovered. It was the first such nebula to be discovered, by Charles Messier in 1764. From the Dumbbell Nebula article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about ____ light-years.
Answer
1360s. The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years. From the Dumbbell Nebula article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Midewiwin. Midewiwin 65 · Root-finding algorithm 62 · William G. Morgan 58 · Dumbbell Nebula 52 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was the first such nebula to be discovered, by Charles Messier in 1764.
- At its brightness of visual magnitude 7.5 and diameter of about 8 arcminutes, it is easily visible in binoculars and is a popular observing target in amateur telescopes.
- The Dumbbell Nebula appears shaped like a prolate spheroid and is viewed from our perspective along the plane of its equator.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dumbbell Nebula article was read about 30,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Dumbbell Nebula
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dumbbell Nebula (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alpha Zhang (AstroBin: shyzhang127 ), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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