NGC 2032
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NGC 2032 is a bright emission nebula and star-forming region located in the Large Magellanic Cloud within the constellation Dorado.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 2032 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8717263 — 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 2032 Context triple: [Dorado, containsDeepSkyObject, NGC 2032]
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A.
NGC 2023
NGC 2023 is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Orion, illuminated by a young B-type star and noted for its complex dust and gas structures.
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B.
NGC 2004
NGC 2004 is a rich young star cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud within the southern constellation Dorado.
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C.
NGC 2070
NGC 2070 is a massive, luminous star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, best known for containing the dense star cluster R136 and powering the Tarantula Nebula.
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D.
NGC 2024
NGC 2024, also known as the Flame Nebula, is a bright emission nebula and active star-forming region located in the constellation Orion near the Horsehead Nebula.
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E.
NGC 2207
NGC 2207 is a large spiral galaxy in the constellation Canis Major, notable for its dramatic gravitational interaction and ongoing collision with the nearby galaxy IC 2163.
- 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 2032 Target entity description: NGC 2032 is a bright emission nebula and star-forming region located in the Large Magellanic Cloud within the constellation Dorado.
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A.
NGC 2023
NGC 2023 is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Orion, illuminated by a young B-type star and noted for its complex dust and gas structures.
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B.
NGC 2004
NGC 2004 is a rich young star cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud within the southern constellation Dorado.
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C.
NGC 2070
NGC 2070 is a massive, luminous star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, best known for containing the dense star cluster R136 and powering the Tarantula Nebula.
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D.
NGC 2024
NGC 2024, also known as the Flame Nebula, is a bright emission nebula and active star-forming region located in the constellation Orion near the Horsehead Nebula.
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E.
NGC 2207
NGC 2207 is a large spiral galaxy in the constellation Canis Major, notable for its dramatic gravitational interaction and ongoing collision with the nearby galaxy IC 2163.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
H II region
ⓘ
astronomical object ⓘ emission nebula ⓘ |
| appearsIn | New General Catalogue ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
NGC 2029
ⓘ
NGC 2035 ⓘ NGC 2040 ⓘ |
| catalogueDesignation | NGC 2032 ⓘ |
| contains |
OB stars
ⓘ
star clusters ⓘ young massive stars ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | James Dunlop ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1826 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 160000 light-years
ⓘ
approximately 49 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| hasApparentType | diffuse nebula ⓘ |
| hasEmissionLine |
[O III] lines
ⓘ
[S II] lines ⓘ hydrogen Balmer lines ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | rich in gas and dust ⓘ |
| hasIonizingSources |
B-type stars
ⓘ
massive O-type stars ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | irregular emission nebula ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalProcess |
ionized hydrogen emission
ⓘ
massive star formation ⓘ |
| hasType | bright nebula ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ |
| isInHemisphere | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| isPartOfComplex | N59 nebular complex ⓘ |
| isRegionOf | active star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ |
| isTargetOf |
Hubble Space Telescope observations
ⓘ
ground-based telescope observations ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Dorado ⓘ |
| memberOf |
NGC catalogue
ⓘ
linked to:
New General Catalogue
|
| observedIn |
H-alpha emission
ⓘ
infrared wavelengths ⓘ optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| otherDesignation |
ESO 56-EN160
ⓘ
Henize N59A ⓘ LHA 120-N 59A ⓘ |
| partOf |
Large Magellanic Cloud
ⓘ
Magellanic Clouds star-forming regions ⓘ
linked to:
Magellanic Clouds
|
| skyLocation | southern sky ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
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 2032 Description of subject: NGC 2032 is a bright emission nebula and star-forming region located in the Large Magellanic Cloud within the constellation Dorado.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
constellation Dorado