Messier 3 (on the border with Canes Venatici)
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Messier 3 (on the border with Canes Venatici) is a bright, densely populated globular star cluster in the constellation Canes Venatici, renowned as one of the finest and most studied globular clusters in the northern sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Messier 3 (on the border with Canes Venatici) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22998997 — 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: Messier 3 (on the border with Canes Venatici) Context triple: [Boötes, containsMessierObject, Messier 3 (on the border with Canes Venatici)]
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A.
Messier 102
Messier 102 is a disputed entry in Charles Messier’s catalog, commonly identified with the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 5866 in the constellation Draco.
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B.
Messier 30
Messier 30 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Capricornus, composed of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars bound tightly by gravity.
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C.
Messier 105
Messier 105 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Leo, notable as one of the brighter members of the nearby Leo I Group.
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D.
Messier 52
Messier 52 is a young, rich open star cluster located in the constellation Cassiopeia, visible through small telescopes as a dense grouping of stars.
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E.
Messier 74
Messier 74 is a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces, noted for its well-defined structure and frequent use as a reference object in studies of galactic morphology.
- 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: Messier 3 (on the border with Canes Venatici) Target entity description: Messier 3 (on the border with Canes Venatici) is a bright, densely populated globular star cluster in the constellation Canes Venatici, renowned as one of the finest and most studied globular clusters in the northern sky.
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A.
Messier 102
Messier 102 is a disputed entry in Charles Messier’s catalog, commonly identified with the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 5866 in the constellation Draco.
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B.
Messier 30
Messier 30 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Capricornus, composed of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars bound tightly by gravity.
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C.
Messier 105
Messier 105 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Leo, notable as one of the brighter members of the nearby Leo I Group.
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D.
Messier 52
Messier 52 is a young, rich open star cluster located in the constellation Cassiopeia, visible through small telescopes as a dense grouping of stars.
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E.
Messier 74
Messier 74 is a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces, noted for its well-defined structure and frequent use as a reference object in studies of galactic morphology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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