Shapley Concentration
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Shapley Concentration is one of the most massive known supercluster complexes of galaxies in the nearby universe, located in the constellation Centaurus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shapley Concentration canonical | 11 |
| Shapley Concentration cluster SC 1329-313 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5940512 — 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: Shapley Concentration Context triple: [Shapley Supercluster, alsoKnownAs, Shapley Concentration]
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A.
Paisley Galaxy
Paisley Galaxy is a popular Cantopop song by Hong Kong singer Kelly Chan.
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B.
The Coma
The Coma is a surreal psychological novella by Alex Garland that explores memory, identity, and consciousness through the experiences of a man trapped in a coma-like state.
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C.
Baade’s Window
Baade’s Window is a relatively dust-free region of the Milky Way’s central bulge that provides a clear observational “window” for studying the galaxy’s core and its stellar populations.
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D.
Canis Major Overdensity
The Canis Major Overdensity is a debated stellar overdensity near the plane of the Milky Way, often interpreted as either the remnant core of a disrupted dwarf galaxy or a warp/flare feature of the Galactic disk.
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E.
Astroballe
Astroballe is an indoor basketball arena in Villeurbanne, France, best known as the longtime home court of the professional club ASVEL Basket.
- 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: Shapley Concentration Target entity description: Shapley Concentration is one of the most massive known supercluster complexes of galaxies in the nearby universe, located in the constellation Centaurus.
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A.
Paisley Galaxy
Paisley Galaxy is a popular Cantopop song by Hong Kong singer Kelly Chan.
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B.
The Coma
The Coma is a surreal psychological novella by Alex Garland that explores memory, identity, and consciousness through the experiences of a man trapped in a coma-like state.
-
C.
Baade’s Window
Baade’s Window is a relatively dust-free region of the Milky Way’s central bulge that provides a clear observational “window” for studying the galaxy’s core and its stellar populations.
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D.
Canis Major Overdensity
The Canis Major Overdensity is a debated stellar overdensity near the plane of the Milky Way, often interpreted as either the remnant core of a disrupted dwarf galaxy or a warp/flare feature of the Galactic disk.
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E.
Astroballe
Astroballe is an indoor basketball arena in Villeurbanne, France, best known as the longtime home court of the professional club ASVEL Basket.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
galaxy supercluster complex
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large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ overdensity region ⓘ |
| affects |
large-scale galaxy motions
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peculiar velocities of nearby galaxies ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Shapley Supercluster ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
major mass concentration
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one of the most massive known supercluster complexes ⓘ |
| contains |
multiple galaxy clusters
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multiple galaxy superclusters ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth | on the order of a few hundred megaparsecs ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
intercluster medium
ⓘ
rich clusters of galaxies ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
one of the densest mass concentrations in the nearby universe
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significant contribution to local gravitational potential ⓘ strong gravitational influence ⓘ traces underlying dark matter distribution ⓘ very high galaxy cluster density ⓘ |
| hasRedshift | approximately 0.04–0.05 ⓘ |
| hasRole | significant attractor in local large-scale flows ⓘ |
| locatedIn | nearby universe ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Centaurus ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Harlow Shapley ⓘ |
| observedIn |
X-ray wavelengths
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optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| partOf |
cosmic web
ⓘ
local universe ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
extragalactic astronomy
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observational cosmology ⓘ |
| usedAs |
probe of large-scale structure formation
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testbed for cosmological models ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shapley Concentration Description of subject: Shapley Concentration is one of the most massive known supercluster complexes of galaxies in the nearby universe, located in the constellation Centaurus.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shapley Concentration