Antennae Galaxies
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The Antennae Galaxies are a famous pair of colliding spiral galaxies whose dramatic tidal tails and intense starburst activity make them one of the best-studied examples of galactic interaction.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23000024 — 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: Antennae Galaxies Context triple: [Corvus, containsDeepSkyObject, Antennae Galaxies]
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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.
Sombrero Galaxy
The Sombrero Galaxy is a bright, edge-on spiral galaxy with a prominent central bulge and dust lane, located on the border of the Virgo constellation and often studied for its striking hat-like appearance.
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C.
Messier 51
Messier 51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, is a famous face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici noted for its striking structure and interaction with a companion galaxy.
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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.
Triangulum Galaxy
The Triangulum Galaxy is a nearby spiral galaxy in the Local Group, notable as one of the closest large galaxies to the Milky Way and a companion to the Andromeda Galaxy.
- 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: Antennae Galaxies Target entity description: The Antennae Galaxies are a famous pair of colliding spiral galaxies whose dramatic tidal tails and intense starburst activity make them one of the best-studied examples of galactic interaction.
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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.
Sombrero Galaxy
The Sombrero Galaxy is a bright, edge-on spiral galaxy with a prominent central bulge and dust lane, located on the border of the Virgo constellation and often studied for its striking hat-like appearance.
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C.
Messier 51
Messier 51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, is a famous face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici noted for its striking structure and interaction with a companion galaxy.
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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.
Triangulum Galaxy
The Triangulum Galaxy is a nearby spiral galaxy in the Local Group, notable as one of the closest large galaxies to the Milky Way and a companion to the Andromeda Galaxy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.