IC 2163
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IC 2163 is a disturbed spiral galaxy interacting with the nearby galaxy NGC 2207, located in the constellation Canis Major.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| IC 2163 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5259968 — 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: IC 2163 Context triple: [Canis Major, contains, IC 2163]
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A.
IC 2574
IC 2574 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, notable for its active star formation and membership in the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
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B.
IC 1613
IC 1613 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Cetus and a member of the Local Group, notable for its low dust content and use in calibrating the cosmic distance scale.
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C.
IC 1805
IC 1805 is a large emission nebula and active star-forming region in the constellation Cassiopeia, notable for its heart-shaped appearance and young, massive star cluster.
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D.
IC 4665
IC 4665 is a bright, young open star cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus, visible with binoculars or small telescopes.
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E.
IC 1590
IC 1590 is a young open star cluster embedded within the emission nebula NGC 281 in the constellation Cassiopeia, notable for its role in illuminating and shaping the surrounding gas and dust.
- 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: IC 2163 Target entity description: IC 2163 is a disturbed spiral galaxy interacting with the nearby galaxy NGC 2207, located in the constellation Canis Major.
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A.
IC 2574
IC 2574 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, notable for its active star formation and membership in the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.
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B.
IC 1613
IC 1613 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Cetus and a member of the Local Group, notable for its low dust content and use in calibrating the cosmic distance scale.
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C.
IC 1805
IC 1805 is a large emission nebula and active star-forming region in the constellation Cassiopeia, notable for its heart-shaped appearance and young, massive star cluster.
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D.
IC 4665
IC 4665 is a bright, young open star cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus, visible with binoculars or small telescopes.
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E.
IC 1590
IC 1590 is a young open star cluster embedded within the emission nebula NGC 281 in the constellation Cassiopeia, notable for its role in illuminating and shaping the surrounding gas and dust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
galaxy
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interacting galaxy ⓘ |
| formsGalaxyPairWith | NGC 2207 ⓘ |
| hasCatalogDesignation | IC 2163 ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryStatus | cataloged in the Index Catalogue (IC) ⓘ |
| hasDisturbanceCause | gravitational interaction with NGC 2207 ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | galaxy group environment with NGC 2207 ⓘ |
| hasGalaxyType | spiral ⓘ |
| hasInteractionType | tidal interaction ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | disturbed spiral galaxy ⓘ |
| hasNearbyGalaxy | NGC 2207 ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
distorted spiral structure
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enhanced star formation regions ⓘ tidal features due to interaction ⓘ |
| hasSkyLocation | equatorial coordinate system ⓘ |
| isInteractingWith | NGC 2207 ⓘ |
| isLocatedIn | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| isLocatedInConstellation | Canis Major ⓘ |
| isMemberOf |
NGC 2207–IC 2163 interacting system
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linked to:
NGC 2207
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| isObservedIn |
infrared wavelengths
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optical wavelengths ⓘ radio wavelengths ⓘ |
| isPartOf | IC catalog ⓘ |
| isTargetOfStudy |
galaxy interaction dynamics
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star formation triggered by tidal forces ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: IC 2163 Description of subject: IC 2163 is a disturbed spiral galaxy interacting with the nearby galaxy NGC 2207, located in the constellation Canis Major.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.