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their processing should be honest.", "Imagers and observatories deserve credit for their work." ], "affected_parties": [ "Image creators", "The public" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody: natural objects; astronomical catalogues record them.", "master_systems": [] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q42372: nebula", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42372", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Nebula", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity", "name": "Identity", "description": "Which nebula.", "rationale": "Designations identify it.", "layers": [ { "id": "designation", "name": "Designation", "description": "Catalogue ids.", "findings": [ { "id": "designation-finding", "name": "Designations", "description": "Designations and names.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which designations identify this nebula?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "What is its common name?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] }, { "id": "type", "name": "Type", "description": "Emission, reflection, dark.", "findings": [ { "id": "type-finding", "name": "Type", "description": "The type.", "questions": [ { "text": "What type of nebula is it?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "What makes it shine or appear dark?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "physical", "name": "Physical", "description": "Distance and make-up.", "rationale": "Physical data describe what it is.", "layers": [ { "id": "distance", "name": "Distance and size", "description": "How far and big.", "findings": [ { "id": "distance-finding", "name": "Distance", "description": "Distance and size.", "questions": [ { "text": "How far away and how large is it?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "By which method?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "composition", "name": "Composition", "description": "Gas and dust.", "findings": [ { "id": "composition-finding", "name": "Composition", "description": "Composition.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is it made of?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "What stars illuminate or form in it?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "observation", "name": "Observation", "description": "Seeing it.", "rationale": "Faint objects need guidance.", "layers": [ { "id": "visibility", "name": "Visibility", "description": "Where and when.", "findings": [ { "id": "visibility-finding", "name": "Visibility", "description": "Visibility.", "questions": [ { "text": "When and where is it visible, and with what equipment?", "kind": "action" }, { "text": "How bright is it?", "kind": "measurement" } ] } ] }, { "id": "images", "name": "Images", "description": "Colour and processing.", "findings": [ { "id": "images-finding", "name": "Image notes", "description": "Image interpretation.", "questions": [ { "text": "Are images of it true or false colour?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "text": "Which filters were used?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "science", "name": "Science", "description": "Star formation and death.", "rationale": "Nebulae are laboratories of stellar life.", "layers": [ { "id": "role", "name": "Role", "description": "Birth or death.", "findings": [ { "id": "role-finding", "name": "Role", "description": "Role in stellar lifecycle.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is it a star-forming region or a stellar remnant?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "What is known about its history?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "research", "name": "Research", "description": "Observations.", "findings": [ { "id": "research-finding", "name": "Research", "description": "Key observations.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observatories have studied it?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "What did they find?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should nebula types be separate entries?", "How should image colour conventions be explained?", "How should designations be cross-identified?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 4, "layers": 8, "findings": 8, "questions": 16 } }