NGC 4382
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NGC 4382 is a large lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is one of the brighter members of the Virgo Cluster.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 4382 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5410469 — 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 4382 Context triple: [Virgo Cluster, containsGalaxy, NGC 4382]
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A.
NGC 4387
NGC 4387 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
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B.
NGC 4388
NGC 4388 is an edge-on spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus located in the Virgo Cluster, notable for its strong emission lines and interaction with the cluster environment.
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C.
NGC 4406
NGC 4406, also known as Messier 86, is a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo and one of the prominent members of the Virgo Cluster.
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D.
NGC 4639
NGC 4639 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo that hosts an active galactic nucleus and lies on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster.
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E.
NGC 4548
NGC 4548 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
- 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 4382 Target entity description: NGC 4382 is a large lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is one of the brighter members of the Virgo Cluster.
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A.
NGC 4387
NGC 4387 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
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B.
NGC 4388
NGC 4388 is an edge-on spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus located in the Virgo Cluster, notable for its strong emission lines and interaction with the cluster environment.
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C.
NGC 4406
NGC 4406, also known as Messier 86, is a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo and one of the prominent members of the Virgo Cluster.
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D.
NGC 4639
NGC 4639 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo that hosts an active galactic nucleus and lies on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster.
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E.
NGC 4548
NGC 4548 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Virgo Cluster member
ⓘ
extragalactic object ⓘ lenticular galaxy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M85
ⓘ
linked to:
Messier 85
Messier 85 ⓘ PGC 40515 ⓘ UGC 7508 ⓘ |
| angularSize | ~7.1 arcmin ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeB | ~9.9 ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | ~9.1 ⓘ |
| catalog |
New General Catalogue
ⓘ
Principal Galaxies Catalogue ⓘ Uppsala General Catalogue ⓘ |
| cluster | Virgo Cluster ⓘ |
| color | yellowish ⓘ |
| constellation | Coma Berenices ⓘ |
| declination | +18° 11′ 27″ ⓘ |
| discoverer | Pierre Méchain ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1781 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
~18.5 Mpc
ⓘ
~60 million light-years ⓘ |
| galacticEnvironment | cluster environment ⓘ |
| galaxyType | early-type galaxy ⓘ |
| groupOrCluster | Virgo Cluster outskirts ⓘ |
| hasCompanionGalaxy | NGC 4394 ⓘ |
| hasGlobularClusterSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasSupermassiveBlackHole | yes ⓘ |
| hostGalaxyCluster | Virgo Cluster ⓘ |
| interaction | gravitational interaction suspected with NGC 4394 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Virgo Supercluster
ⓘ
local universe ⓘ |
| messierNumber |
M85
ⓘ
linked to:
Messier 85
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| morphologicalType |
S0
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lenticular ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bright central bulge
ⓘ
smooth stellar envelope ⓘ |
| observedIn |
X-ray wavelengths
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infrared wavelengths ⓘ optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| orientation | nearly face-on ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | ~729 km/s ⓘ |
| redshift | ~0.00243 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 12h 25m 24s ⓘ |
| skyLocation | near the northern part of the Virgo Cluster ⓘ |
| starFormationRate | low ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | dominated by older stars ⓘ |
| supermassiveBlackHoleMass | on the order of 10^8 solar masses ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightnessProfile | typical of early-type galaxies ⓘ |
| visibility | observable with small amateur telescopes ⓘ |
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 4382 Description of subject: NGC 4382 is a large lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is one of the brighter members of the Virgo Cluster.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.