NGC2670
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NGC 2670 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Vela.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC2670 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12315931 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NGC2670 Context triple: [Vela, contains, NGC2670]
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A.
NGC 2632
NGC 2632 is a bright, nearby open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, notable for its rich population of stars and visibility to the naked eye.
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B.
NGC 6207
NGC 6207 is a relatively nearby, edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Hercules, often observed in the same field of view as the globular cluster M13.
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C.
NGC 6626
NGC 6626 is a bright globular star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for its dense concentration of ancient stars and its inclusion in Charles Messier’s catalog as Messier 28.
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D.
NGC 6637
NGC 6637 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for its high metallicity and inclusion in Charles Messier’s catalog as Messier 69.
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E.
NGC 2506
NGC 2506 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Monoceros, known for its richness and relatively old stellar population.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NGC2670 Target entity description: NGC 2670 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Vela.
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A.
NGC 2632
NGC 2632 is a bright, nearby open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, notable for its rich population of stars and visibility to the naked eye.
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B.
NGC 6207
NGC 6207 is a relatively nearby, edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Hercules, often observed in the same field of view as the globular cluster M13.
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C.
NGC 6626
NGC 6626 is a bright globular star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for its dense concentration of ancient stars and its inclusion in Charles Messier’s catalog as Messier 28.
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D.
NGC 6637
NGC 6637 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for its high metallicity and inclusion in Charles Messier’s catalog as Messier 69.
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E.
NGC 2506
NGC 2506 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Monoceros, known for its richness and relatively old stellar population.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
ⓘ
open star cluster ⓘ |
| angularSize | ~7 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | ~9.0 ⓘ |
| bestSeenFrom | dark skies ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn | small telescope ⓘ |
| catalog |
Collinder catalogue
NERFINISHED
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ESO catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Lund open cluster catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constellationAbbreviation | Vel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constellationType | southern constellation ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | equatorial coordinate system ⓘ |
| declination | −47° (approx) ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| discoverer | John Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
~3000 light-years (approx)
ⓘ
~900 parsecs (approx) ⓘ |
| epoch | J2000 ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | near Galactic plane ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
C 0844-474
NERFINISHED
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Collinder 192 NERFINISHED ⓘ ESO 166-SC14 NERFINISHED ⓘ OCL 771 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemberStars |
giant stars
ⓘ
main-sequence stars ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galactic disk
ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Vela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn | optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 08h 44m (approx) ⓘ |
| skyLocation | southern sky ⓘ |
| type | open cluster ⓘ |
| visibleIn | Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: NGC2670 Description of subject: NGC 2670 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Vela.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.