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Uncommon card · Science
Lagoon Nebula, an Uncommon card
The Lagoon Nebula is a giant emission nebula with an H II region located in the constellation Sagittarius.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 51
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 46,000
Power 97 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Lagoon Nebula quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lagoon Nebula card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Discovered by Giovanni Hodierna in ____, it is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes.
Answer
1650s. Discovered by Giovanni Hodierna in 1654, it is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. From the Lagoon Nebula article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Extreme value theorem. Extreme value theorem 66 · Essays 62 · Partition of a set 59 · Lagoon Nebula 51 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.
- Discovered by Giovanni Hodierna in 1654, it is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lagoon Nebula article was read about 46,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 51 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Lagoon Nebula
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, Lagoon Nebula (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ESO/VPHAS+ team, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
