NGC 4473
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NGC 4473 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo, notable as a bright member of the Virgo Cluster and a subject of detailed studies of galaxy structure and dynamics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 4473 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5410472 — 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 4473 Context triple: [Virgo Cluster, containsGalaxy, NGC 4473]
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A.
NGC 4477
NGC 4477 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
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B.
NGC 4461
NGC 4461 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
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C.
NGC 4435
NGC 4435 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo, notable for forming an interacting pair with the nearby galaxy NGC 4438.
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D.
NGC 4438
NGC 4438 is a heavily distorted spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo, notable for its tidal interactions and membership in the Virgo Cluster.
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E.
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.
- 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 4473 Target entity description: NGC 4473 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo, notable as a bright member of the Virgo Cluster and a subject of detailed studies of galaxy structure and dynamics.
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A.
NGC 4477
NGC 4477 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
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B.
NGC 4461
NGC 4461 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
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C.
NGC 4435
NGC 4435 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo, notable for forming an interacting pair with the nearby galaxy NGC 4438.
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D.
NGC 4438
NGC 4438 is a heavily distorted spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo, notable for its tidal interactions and membership in the Virgo Cluster.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early-type galaxy
ⓘ
elliptical galaxy ⓘ extragalactic object ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeB | ~11.0 ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | ~10.0 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | local universe ⓘ |
| catalog | New General Catalogue ⓘ |
| constellation | Virgo ⓘ |
| declination | +13° (approx) ⓘ |
| discoverer | William Herschel ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1784 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
~15 Mpc
ⓘ
~50 million light-years ⓘ |
| dustContent | low dust content ⓘ |
| environment | cluster environment ⓘ |
| galaxyType | elliptical ⓘ |
| gasContent | low cold gas content ⓘ |
| hasBeenObservedBy |
Hubble Space Telescope
ⓘ
ground-based optical telescopes ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | equatorial coordinates ⓘ |
| hasDynamics | complex stellar kinematics ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation | predominantly old stars ⓘ |
| hasStructure | elliptical morphology ⓘ |
| hostCluster | Virgo Cluster ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBoundTo | Virgo Cluster potential ⓘ |
| isIn | Virgo Supercluster ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Virgo Cluster
ⓘ
Virgo constellation ⓘ |
| memberOf | Virgo Cluster ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | E5 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bright member of the Virgo Cluster
ⓘ
detailed studies of galaxy dynamics ⓘ detailed studies of galaxy structure ⓘ |
| observedIn |
near-infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | ~2260 km/s ⓘ |
| redshift | ~0.0075 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 12h 29m (approx) ⓘ |
| skyPosition | near the core of the Virgo Cluster ⓘ |
| starFormationRate | low ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightnessProfile | typical of elliptical galaxies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
studies of galaxy kinematics
ⓘ
studies of stellar orbits in elliptical galaxies ⓘ tests of galaxy formation models ⓘ |
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: NGC 4473 Description of subject: NGC 4473 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo, notable as a bright member of the Virgo Cluster and a subject of detailed studies of galaxy structure and dynamics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.