IC 4703
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UNEXPLORED
IC 4703 is the bright emission nebula component of the Eagle Nebula complex in the constellation Serpens, known for its active star formation and association with the famous "Pillars of Creation" region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| IC 4703 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19349497 — 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: IC 4703 Context triple: [NGC 6604, near, IC 4703]
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A.
IC 4715
IC 4715 is a bright, star-rich region of the Milky Way in the constellation Sagittarius, commonly known as the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud.
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B.
IC 4756
IC 4756 is a large, bright open star cluster in the constellation Serpens, often observed as a rich field of moderately aged stars.
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C.
IC 4725
IC 4725 is an open star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, better known as Messier 25, visible with binoculars or small telescopes.
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D.
IC 4617
IC 4617 is a faint, distant spiral galaxy in the constellation Hercules, often noted in amateur astronomy because it appears in the same field of view as the bright globular cluster Messier 13.
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E.
IC 4970
IC 4970 is a lenticular companion galaxy interacting gravitationally with the large spiral galaxy NGC 6872 in the constellation Pavo.
- 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: IC 4703 Target entity description: IC 4703 is the bright emission nebula component of the Eagle Nebula complex in the constellation Serpens, known for its active star formation and association with the famous "Pillars of Creation" region.
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A.
IC 4715
IC 4715 is a bright, star-rich region of the Milky Way in the constellation Sagittarius, commonly known as the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud.
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B.
IC 4756
IC 4756 is a large, bright open star cluster in the constellation Serpens, often observed as a rich field of moderately aged stars.
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C.
IC 4725
IC 4725 is an open star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, better known as Messier 25, visible with binoculars or small telescopes.
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D.
IC 4617
IC 4617 is a faint, distant spiral galaxy in the constellation Hercules, often noted in amateur astronomy because it appears in the same field of view as the bright globular cluster Messier 13.
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E.
IC 4970
IC 4970 is a lenticular companion galaxy interacting gravitationally with the large spiral galaxy NGC 6872 in the constellation Pavo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.