ESO 029- G 011
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ESO 029- G 011 is a catalog designation for the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ESO 029- G 011 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T967513 — 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: ESO 029- G 011 Context triple: [Small Magellanic Cloud, catalogCode, ESO 029- G 011]
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A.
NGC 6822
NGC 6822 is a barred irregular dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Sagittarius and is one of the nearest and best-studied galaxies outside the Milky Way.
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B.
Messier 22
Messier 22 is a bright globular star cluster located near the center of the Milky Way, visible in the constellation Sagittarius and notable for being one of the closest and most easily observed clusters of its kind.
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C.
Messier 25
Messier 25 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, visible to the naked eye under dark skies.
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D.
NGC 205
NGC 205 is a dwarf elliptical satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy, notable for its proximity to the Local Group’s largest spiral and its mixed old and young stellar populations.
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E.
Messier 28
Messier 28 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, composed of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars.
- 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: ESO 029- G 011 Target entity description: ESO 029- G 011 is a catalog designation for the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors.
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A.
NGC 6822
NGC 6822 is a barred irregular dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Sagittarius and is one of the nearest and best-studied galaxies outside the Milky Way.
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B.
Messier 22
Messier 22 is a bright globular star cluster located near the center of the Milky Way, visible in the constellation Sagittarius and notable for being one of the closest and most easily observed clusters of its kind.
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C.
Messier 25
Messier 25 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, visible to the naked eye under dark skies.
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D.
NGC 205
NGC 205 is a dwarf elliptical satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy, notable for its proximity to the Local Group’s largest spiral and its mixed old and young stellar populations.
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E.
Messier 28
Messier 28 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, composed of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dwarf irregular galaxy
ⓘ
galaxy ⓘ satellite galaxy of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
SMC
ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ |
| belongsToCatalog | ESO/Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation | ESO 029- G 011 self-link ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Magellanic Bridge
ⓘ
Magellanic Stream ⓘ |
| contains |
Cepheid variable stars
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H II regions ⓘ RR Lyrae variable stars ⓘ globular clusters ⓘ old stellar populations ⓘ planetary nebulae ⓘ star clusters ⓘ star-forming regions ⓘ supernova remnants ⓘ young stellar populations ⓘ |
| discoveryStatus | known since antiquity ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 200000 light-years
ⓘ
about 61 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| distanceFromMilkyWay | about 200000 light-years ⓘ |
| galaxyType | dwarf irregular ⓘ |
| gasContent | rich in neutral hydrogen (H I) ⓘ |
| hasAngularSize | about 5 degrees ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV | about 2.7 ⓘ |
| hasNotableRegion |
Bar of the Small Magellanic Cloud
ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
surface form:
Wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud
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| hasRoleIn |
calibration of the cosmic distance scale
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studies of stellar evolution ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationActivity | ongoing ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationRate | lower than that of the Milky Way but significant for a dwarf galaxy ⓘ |
| interactsGravitationallyWith |
Large Magellanic Cloud
ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ |
| isNeighborOf | Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ |
| isSatelliteOf | Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Tucana ⓘ |
| mass | on the order of 7×10^8 solar masses (stellar) ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Group ⓘ |
| metallicity | lower than that of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | Im ⓘ |
| observedBy |
ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory
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surface form:
ESO telescopes
Gaia observatory ⓘ
surface form:
Gaia spacecraft
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
| partOfStructure |
Magellanic Clouds
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surface form:
Magellanic System
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| skyPosition | southern sky ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: ESO 029- G 011 Description of subject: ESO 029- G 011 is a catalog designation for the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.