Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
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The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy is a bright, nearby barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra, notable for its well-defined spiral arms and vigorous star formation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Southern Pinwheel Galaxy canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19730010 — 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: Southern Pinwheel Galaxy Context triple: [Messier 83, alsoKnownAs, Southern Pinwheel Galaxy]
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A.
Cigar Galaxy
The Cigar Galaxy is a nearby starburst galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, notable for its intense star formation and elongated, cigar-like appearance.
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B.
The Condor Galaxy
The Condor Galaxy is a remarkably large, barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pavo, notable for its extended tidal arms and past gravitational interaction with a smaller companion galaxy.
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C.
Paisley Galaxy
Paisley Galaxy is a popular Cantopop song by Hong Kong singer Kelly Chan.
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D.
Pegasus Galaxy
The Pegasus Galaxy is a fictional distant galaxy in the Stargate universe, best known as the primary location of the TV series *Stargate Atlantis*, home to the city of Atlantis and the Wraith.
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E.
Bode's Galaxy
Bode's Galaxy is a bright, grand-design spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, notable as one of the closest and most studied large galaxies beyond the Local Group.
- 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: Southern Pinwheel Galaxy Target entity description: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy is a bright, nearby barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra, notable for its well-defined spiral arms and vigorous star formation.
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A.
Cigar Galaxy
The Cigar Galaxy is a nearby starburst galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, notable for its intense star formation and elongated, cigar-like appearance.
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B.
The Condor Galaxy
The Condor Galaxy is a remarkably large, barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pavo, notable for its extended tidal arms and past gravitational interaction with a smaller companion galaxy.
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C.
Paisley Galaxy
Paisley Galaxy is a popular Cantopop song by Hong Kong singer Kelly Chan.
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D.
Pegasus Galaxy
The Pegasus Galaxy is a fictional distant galaxy in the Stargate universe, best known as the primary location of the TV series *Stargate Atlantis*, home to the city of Atlantis and the Wraith.
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E.
Bode's Galaxy
Bode's Galaxy is a bright, grand-design spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, notable as one of the closest and most studied large galaxies beyond the Local Group.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.