Running Man Nebula
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The Running Man Nebula is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Orion, located near the Orion Nebula and illuminated by young, massive stars embedded in the surrounding molecular cloud.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Running Man Nebula canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4617566 — 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: Running Man Nebula Context triple: [Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, contains, Running Man Nebula]
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A.
Nebula
Nebula is a cybernetically enhanced alien assassin and former daughter of Thanos who becomes a key member of the Guardians of the Galaxy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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B.
Nebula
Nebula is an independent, creator-owned streaming platform focused on educational and documentary-style content from popular online video creators.
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C.
Nebulastar
Nebulastar is a film production company known for its involvement in the making of the 2019 science fiction thriller "Serenity."
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D.
Neon
Neon is an American independent film distribution company known for releasing critically acclaimed and award-winning arthouse and genre films.
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E.
Neon
Neon is a fast-paced Duelist agent in the game Valorant known for her high-mobility, electricity-themed abilities that enable rapid flanking and aggressive plays.
- 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: Running Man Nebula Target entity description: The Running Man Nebula is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Orion, located near the Orion Nebula and illuminated by young, massive stars embedded in the surrounding molecular cloud.
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A.
Nebula
Nebula is a cybernetically enhanced alien assassin and former daughter of Thanos who becomes a key member of the Guardians of the Galaxy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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B.
Nebula
Nebula is an independent, creator-owned streaming platform focused on educational and documentary-style content from popular online video creators.
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C.
Nebulastar
Nebulastar is a film production company known for its involvement in the making of the 2019 science fiction thriller "Serenity."
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D.
Neon
Neon is an American independent film distribution company known for releasing critically acclaimed and award-winning arthouse and genre films.
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E.
Neon
Neon is a fast-paced Duelist agent in the game Valorant known for her high-mobility, electricity-themed abilities that enable rapid flanking and aggressive plays.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
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nebula ⓘ reflection nebula ⓘ |
| angularSize | about 20 arcminutes ⓘ |
| associatedWith | star-forming region ⓘ |
| bestObservedWith |
long-exposure astrophotography
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small telescope ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn | winter months ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Lynds Bright Nebula catalog
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NGC ⓘ Sharpless catalog ⓘ
linked to:
Sharpless catalogue
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| contains |
dark dust lanes
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embedded stars ⓘ reflection nebulosity ⓘ young stellar objects ⓘ |
| declination | −04° 50′ ⓘ |
| discoveredInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 1500 light-years
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approximately 460 parsecs ⓘ |
| dominantEmissionType | reflected starlight ⓘ |
| embeddedIn | molecular cloud ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
LBN 1030
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NGC 1977 ⓘ Sh 2-279 ⓘ Sharpless 279 ⓘ |
| hasApparentShape | human running figure ⓘ |
| hasColor |
bluish
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whitish ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
NGC 1973
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linked to:
NGC 1977
NGC 1975 ⓘ
linked to:
NGC 1977
NGC 1977 ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | dense interstellar medium ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalProcess | scattering of starlight by dust ⓘ |
| illuminatedBy | young massive stars ⓘ |
| inSameRegionAs |
Orion Nebula
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Trapezium Cluster vicinity ⓘ |
| liesNorthOf | Orion Nebula ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Milky Way
ⓘ
Orion Arm ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Orion ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Orion Nebula ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
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optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| partOf |
Orion Molecular Cloud Complex
ⓘ
Orion star-forming complex ⓘ
linked to:
Orion Molecular Cloud Complex
|
| rightAscension | 05h 35m ⓘ |
| visibleFrom |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Celestial Hemisphere
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| visibleIn |
Orion’s Sword region
ⓘ
linked to:
Orion's Sword
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Running Man Nebula Description of subject: The Running Man Nebula is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Orion, located near the Orion Nebula and illuminated by young, massive stars embedded in the surrounding molecular cloud.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.