PGC 41220
E1464888
UNEXPLORED
PGC 41220 is the Principal Galaxies Catalogue designation for the giant elliptical galaxy M49 in the Virgo Cluster.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| PGC 41220 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21026248 — 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: PGC 41220 Context triple: [M49, catalogCode, PGC 41220]
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A.
PGC 42701
PGC 42701 is a spiral galaxy, better known as NGC 4622, located in the constellation Centaurus and noted for its unusual backward-winding spiral arms.
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B.
PGC 2248
PGC 2248 is a catalogued galaxy listed in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue, identified and studied as part of extragalactic astronomy surveys.
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C.
PGC 45279
PGC 45279 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus, better known as NGC 4945, and is one of the brightest and closest starburst galaxies to the Milky Way.
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D.
PGC 2121
PGC 2121 is a faint, gas-rich dwarf irregular galaxy located in the outskirts of the Andromeda Galaxy’s local group region.
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E.
PGC 28120
PGC 28120 is a dwarf spiral galaxy in the M81 Group located in the constellation Ursa Major.
- 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: PGC 41220 Target entity description: PGC 41220 is the Principal Galaxies Catalogue designation for the giant elliptical galaxy M49 in the Virgo Cluster.
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A.
PGC 42701
PGC 42701 is a spiral galaxy, better known as NGC 4622, located in the constellation Centaurus and noted for its unusual backward-winding spiral arms.
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B.
PGC 2248
PGC 2248 is a catalogued galaxy listed in the Principal Galaxies Catalogue, identified and studied as part of extragalactic astronomy surveys.
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C.
PGC 45279
PGC 45279 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus, better known as NGC 4945, and is one of the brightest and closest starburst galaxies to the Milky Way.
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D.
PGC 2121
PGC 2121 is a faint, gas-rich dwarf irregular galaxy located in the outskirts of the Andromeda Galaxy’s local group region.
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E.
PGC 28120
PGC 28120 is a dwarf spiral galaxy in the M81 Group located in the constellation Ursa Major.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.