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Horologium, an Uncommon card
Horologium is a constellation of six stars faintly visible in the southern celestial hemisphere.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Horologium quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Horologium card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Horologium's ______ region is wholly visible to observers south of 23°N.
Answer
associated. Horologium's associated region is wholly visible to observers south of 23°N. From the Horologium article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It was first described by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in ____ and visualized by him as a clock with a pendulum and a second hand.
Answer
1750s. It was first described by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1756 and visualized by him as a clock with a pendulum and a second hand. From the Horologium article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Michał Kwiatkowski. Michał Kwiatkowski 76 · Mary Astell 73 · Horologium 69 · Namık Kemal 66 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 first described by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1756 and visualized by him as a clock with a pendulum and a second hand.
- In 1922 the constellation was redefined by the International Astronomical Union as a region of the celestial sphere containing Lacaille's stars, and has since been an IAU designated constellation.
- Horologium's associated region is wholly visible to observers south of 23°N.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Horologium article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Horologium
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Horologium (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
