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Horsehead Nebula, an Uncommon card
The Horsehead Nebula is a small dark nebula located about 1,375 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Orion.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 83,000
Ranked #2,818 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Horsehead Nebula quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Horsehead Nebula card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of its ______ to a horse's head.
Answer
resemblance. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of its resemblance to a horse's head. From the Horsehead Nebula article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It appears within the southern region of the dense dust cloud known as Lynds ____, along the edge of the much larger, active star-forming H II region called IC 434.
Answer
1630s. It appears within the southern region of the dense dust cloud known as Lynds 1630, along the edge of the much larger, active star-forming H II region called IC 434. From the Horsehead Nebula article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Tribe. Tribe 64 · Luisa Massimo 58 · Horsehead Nebula 54 · SLP adaptor and CSK interacting membrane protein 50 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.
- The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak, the easternmost star of Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion molecular cloud complex.
- It appears within the southern region of the dense dust cloud known as Lynds 1630, along the edge of the much larger, active star-forming H II region called IC 434.
- It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of its resemblance to a horse's head.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Horsehead Nebula article was read about 83,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Horsehead Nebula
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Horsehead Nebula (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ESO, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
