dark nebula Barnard 86
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Dark nebula Barnard 86 is a small, dense interstellar cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Sagittarius that appears as a strikingly black patch obscuring the rich star fields of the Milky Way.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| dark nebula Barnard 86 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18443824 — 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: dark nebula Barnard 86 Context triple: [NGC 6520, projectedAgainst, dark nebula Barnard 86]
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A.
Eight-Burst Nebula
The Eight-Burst Nebula is a bright, complex planetary nebula in the constellation Vela, notable for its intricate, overlapping ring-like structures revealed in detailed astronomical images.
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B.
Lynds Dark Nebula 1634
Lynds Dark Nebula 1634 is a dense, star-forming dark cloud of gas and dust located within the Orion region, visible primarily by the starlight it obscures.
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C.
Homunculus Nebula
The Homunculus Nebula is a bipolar cloud of gas and dust surrounding the massive, unstable star Eta Carinae, formed by its violent 19th-century eruptions.
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D.
N66 (nebula)
N66 is a massive star-forming emission nebula in the Small Magellanic Cloud, notable as one of the most active stellar nurseries in the Local Group of galaxies.
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E.
Merope Nebula
The Merope Nebula is a bright reflection nebula in the Pleiades star cluster, illuminated by and surrounding the hot blue star Merope in the constellation Taurus.
- 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: dark nebula Barnard 86 Target entity description: Dark nebula Barnard 86 is a small, dense interstellar cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Sagittarius that appears as a strikingly black patch obscuring the rich star fields of the Milky Way.
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A.
Eight-Burst Nebula
The Eight-Burst Nebula is a bright, complex planetary nebula in the constellation Vela, notable for its intricate, overlapping ring-like structures revealed in detailed astronomical images.
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B.
Lynds Dark Nebula 1634
Lynds Dark Nebula 1634 is a dense, star-forming dark cloud of gas and dust located within the Orion region, visible primarily by the starlight it obscures.
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C.
Homunculus Nebula
The Homunculus Nebula is a bipolar cloud of gas and dust surrounding the massive, unstable star Eta Carinae, formed by its violent 19th-century eruptions.
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D.
N66 (nebula)
N66 is a massive star-forming emission nebula in the Small Magellanic Cloud, notable as one of the most active stellar nurseries in the Local Group of galaxies.
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E.
Merope Nebula
The Merope Nebula is a bright reflection nebula in the Pleiades star cluster, illuminated by and surrounding the hot blue star Merope in the constellation Taurus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
open cluster NGC 6520 (near its border)