NGC 6715
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NGC 6715 is a massive globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for being one of the first globular clusters discovered beyond the Milky Way, in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 6715 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5060620 — 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: NGC 6715 Context triple: [Messier 54, alsoKnownAs, NGC 6715]
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A.
NGC 6705
NGC 6705 is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, notable for its high stellar density and brightness, making it one of the most impressive open clusters in the Milky Way.
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B.
NGC 6712
NGC 6712 is a globular star cluster located in the constellation Scutum, notable for its relatively low concentration and signs of tidal disruption by the Milky Way.
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C.
NGC 6611
NGC 6611 is a young, massive open star cluster embedded within the Eagle Nebula, notable for illuminating and shaping its surrounding interstellar gas and dust.
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D.
NGC 6664
NGC 6664 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Scutum, notable for its grouping of young stars within the Milky Way.
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E.
NGC 6205
NGC 6205 is a bright, densely packed globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, commonly known as the Great Hercules Cluster (M13).
- 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: NGC 6715 Target entity description: NGC 6715 is a massive globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for being one of the first globular clusters discovered beyond the Milky Way, in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.
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A.
NGC 6705
NGC 6705 is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, notable for its high stellar density and brightness, making it one of the most impressive open clusters in the Milky Way.
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B.
NGC 6712
NGC 6712 is a globular star cluster located in the constellation Scutum, notable for its relatively low concentration and signs of tidal disruption by the Milky Way.
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C.
NGC 6611
NGC 6611 is a young, massive open star cluster embedded within the Eagle Nebula, notable for illuminating and shaping its surrounding interstellar gas and dust.
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D.
NGC 6664
NGC 6664 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Scutum, notable for its grouping of young stars within the Milky Way.
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E.
NGC 6205
NGC 6205 is a bright, densely packed globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, commonly known as the Great Hercules Cluster (M13).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | globular star cluster ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | about −10.0 ⓘ |
| age | about 12 billion years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M54
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Messier 54 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize | 9.1 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 7.6 ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Milky Way halo system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy globular cluster system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogCode | NGC 6715 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Messier catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concentrationClass | V ⓘ |
| coreCollapsed | false ⓘ |
| declination | −30° 28′ 42″ ⓘ |
| discoveredAs | nebula without stars (in early observations) ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Charles Messier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1778 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 26.5 kiloparsecs
ⓘ
about 87,000 light-years ⓘ |
| distanceFromGalacticCenter | about 18.9 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| epoch | J2000 ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | −14.1 degrees ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 5.6 degrees ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | Population II stars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| halfLightRadius | about 0.82 arcminutes ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation | multiple stellar populations ⓘ |
| hasTidalInteractionWith | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBoundTo | Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | Harris catalogue of globular clusters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Sagittarius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass | about 2 million solar masses ⓘ |
| metallicityFeH | about −1.5 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
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being one of the first globular clusters recognized as lying beyond the Milky Way ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
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optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | about 142 km/s ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 18h 55m 03.3s ⓘ |
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: NGC 6715 Description of subject: NGC 6715 is a massive globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for being one of the first globular clusters discovered beyond the Milky Way, in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.