Template:Infobox astronomical event/doc

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It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template uses Lua:

Usage

Just add:

{{infobox astronomical event}}

to the top of an article, and data will be automatically included from Wikidata where they are available. These values can be overridden by passing values to the relevant parameters in the article. The full list of parameters is:

{{Infobox astronomical event
|name            = 
|image           = 
|image_scale     = <!-- e.g. 1.5 -->
|caption         = 
|alt             = 
|names           = 
|event_type      = 
|class           = 
|start_time      = 
|duration        = 
|detected_by     = 
|constellation   = 
|ra              = 
|dec             = 
|epoch           = 
|gal             = 
|distance        = 
|redshift        = 
|source          = 
|remnant         = 
|host            = 
|progenitor      = 
|progenitor_type = 
|b-v             = 
|notes           = 
|peak            = 
|energy          = 
|website         = 
|predecessor     = 
|successor       = 
|commons         = 
|embedded        = 
|onlysourced     = 
}}

Parameter	Default	Description
name	Wikidata label (en) (Or Page name)	Name of the event
image	image (P18)	Illustration
caption	media legend (P2096)	Picture caption (if necessary).
name	catalog code (P528)	Other designations
event_type	instance of (P31)	Event type
class	spectral class (P215)	Spectral class
start_time	time of discovery or invention (P575)	Start time
duration	duration (P2047)	Duration
detected_by	site of astronomical discovery (P65)	Instrument name
constellation	constellation (P59)	Constellation
ra	—	RA
dec	—	Dec
epoch	—	Epoch
gal	—	Galactic coordinates
redshift	redshift (P1090)	Redshift
distance	distance from Earth (P2583)	Distance
source	—	Source
remnant	—	Remnant
host	—	Host
progenitor	—	Progenitor
progenitor_type	—	Progenitor type
b-v	—	B-V colour
notes	—	Notable features
peak	—	Peak apparent magnitude
energy	—	Total energy output
website	official website (P856)	The URL of the telescope's website. use {{URL}}
predecessor	follows (P155)	Preceded by
successor	followed by (P156)	Succeeded by
commons	Commons category (P373)	The appropriate page or category name at Wikimedia Commons
embedded	—	Provide an embedded infobox into this one
onlysourced	yes	Only use Wikidata with a source other than Wikipedia

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