Great Hercules Cluster
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The Great Hercules Cluster is a bright, densely packed globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, visible in small telescopes and one of the most prominent such clusters in the northern sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Hercules Cluster canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2458994 — 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: Great Hercules Cluster Context triple: [M13, alsoKnownAs, Great Hercules Cluster]
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A.
Centaurus Cluster
The Centaurus Cluster is a massive, nearby galaxy cluster in the constellation Centaurus, notable for its rich population of galaxies and role as a major mass concentration within the local universe.
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B.
Virgo Cluster
The Virgo Cluster is a massive, nearby galaxy cluster that serves as the central, dominant concentration of galaxies in our local region of the universe.
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C.
Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster
The Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster is a massive nearby concentration of galaxy clusters that forms one of the dominant structures in our cosmic neighborhood and serves as a major component of the larger Laniakea Supercluster.
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D.
Jewel Box cluster
The Jewel Box cluster is a bright and colorful open star cluster in the constellation Crux, renowned for its striking mix of blue and red stars visible even in small telescopes.
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E.
Shapley Supercluster
The Shapley Supercluster is one of the most massive known concentrations of galaxies in the nearby universe, exerting a significant gravitational influence on surrounding cosmic structures.
- 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: Great Hercules Cluster Target entity description: The Great Hercules Cluster is a bright, densely packed globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, visible in small telescopes and one of the most prominent such clusters in the northern sky.
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A.
Centaurus Cluster
The Centaurus Cluster is a massive, nearby galaxy cluster in the constellation Centaurus, notable for its rich population of galaxies and role as a major mass concentration within the local universe.
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B.
Virgo Cluster
The Virgo Cluster is a massive, nearby galaxy cluster that serves as the central, dominant concentration of galaxies in our local region of the universe.
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C.
Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster
The Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster is a massive nearby concentration of galaxy clusters that forms one of the dominant structures in our cosmic neighborhood and serves as a major component of the larger Laniakea Supercluster.
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D.
Jewel Box cluster
The Jewel Box cluster is a bright and colorful open star cluster in the constellation Crux, renowned for its striking mix of blue and red stars visible even in small telescopes.
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E.
Shapley Supercluster
The Shapley Supercluster is one of the most massive known concentrations of galaxies in the nearby universe, exerting a significant gravitational influence on surrounding cosmic structures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deep-sky object
ⓘ
globular star cluster ⓘ |
| age | about 11.7 billion years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M 13
ⓘ
surface form:
M13
Messier 13 ⓘ NGC 6205 ⓘ |
| angularDiameter | about 20 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 5.8 ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Milky Way stellar halo
ⓘ
surface form:
Milky Way halo
|
| bestSeenIn | northern hemisphere ⓘ |
| bestViewingSeason |
late spring
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| cataloguedBy | Charles Messier ⓘ |
| catalogueEntry |
Messier catalogue
ⓘ
New General Catalogue ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern sky ⓘ |
| clusterType | Oosterhoff type II (often classified) ⓘ |
| contains |
blue straggler stars
ⓘ
many red giant stars ⓘ variable stars ⓘ |
| coreRadius | about 1.7 parsecs ⓘ |
| declination | +36° 28′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Edmund Halley
ⓘ
surface form:
Edmond Halley
|
| discoveryYear | 1714 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 22,000 light-years
ⓘ
about 6.8 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | +40.9° ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 59.0° ⓘ |
| halfLightRadius | about 3.3 parsecs ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceBrightness | high central surface brightness ⓘ |
| isTargetFor |
amateur astronomers
ⓘ
astrophysical studies of stellar evolution ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Hercules ⓘ |
| mass | about 600,000 solar masses ⓘ |
| MessierNumber |
M 13
ⓘ
surface form:
M13
|
| metallicity | [Fe/H] ≈ −1.5 ⓘ |
| NGCNumber | NGC 6205 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bright, dense core
ⓘ
one of the most prominent globular clusters in the northern sky ⓘ |
| numberOfStars | several hundred thousand ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 16h 41m ⓘ |
| spectralTypeDominant | G and K giants ⓘ |
| visibility |
visible in binoculars under dark skies
ⓘ
visible in small telescopes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Hercules Cluster Description of subject: The Great Hercules Cluster is a bright, densely packed globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, visible in small telescopes and one of the most prominent such clusters in the northern sky.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
M13