NGC 5477
E1427896
UNEXPLORED
NGC 5477 is a small, irregular dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major and physically associated with the nearby Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NGC 5477 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20094783 — 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: NGC 5477 Context triple: [Messier 101, hasSatelliteGalaxy, NGC 5477]
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A.
NGC 5457
NGC 5457 is a large, face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, widely known as the Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101).
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B.
NGC 5474
NGC 5474 is a nearby, distorted dwarf spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major that is gravitationally interacting with and orbiting the larger Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101).
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C.
NGC 5749
NGC 5749 is an open star cluster located in the southern constellation Lupus.
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D.
NGC 5460
NGC 5460 is an open star cluster located in the southern constellation Centaurus.
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E.
NGC 4747
NGC 4747 is a small, distorted spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, notable for its tidal tails produced by gravitational interaction with the nearby galaxy NGC 4725.
- 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: NGC 5477 Target entity description: NGC 5477 is a small, irregular dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major and physically associated with the nearby Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101).
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A.
NGC 5457
NGC 5457 is a large, face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, widely known as the Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101).
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B.
NGC 5474
NGC 5474 is a nearby, distorted dwarf spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major that is gravitationally interacting with and orbiting the larger Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101).
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C.
NGC 5749
NGC 5749 is an open star cluster located in the southern constellation Lupus.
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D.
NGC 5460
NGC 5460 is an open star cluster located in the southern constellation Centaurus.
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E.
NGC 4747
NGC 4747 is a small, distorted spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, notable for its tidal tails produced by gravitational interaction with the nearby galaxy NGC 4725.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.