NGC6791
E1506508
UNEXPLORED
NGC 6791 is an unusually old, massive, and metal-rich open star cluster located in the constellation Lyra, often studied for its importance in understanding stellar evolution and Galactic history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NGC6791 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21885235 — 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: NGC6791 Context triple: [Lyra, containsDeepSkyObject, NGC6791]
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A.
NGC 6752
NGC 6752 is a bright, ancient globular star cluster located in the southern constellation Pavo, notable for being one of the closest and most luminous globular clusters visible from Earth.
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B.
NGC 6397
NGC 6397 is one of the closest and oldest known globular star clusters to Earth, located in the constellation Ara.
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C.
Messier 67
Messier 67 is a rich, old open star cluster located in the constellation Cancer and is one of the most studied stellar clusters in the Milky Way.
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D.
NGC 2808
NGC 2808 is a massive, unusually complex globular star cluster in the Milky Way notable for hosting multiple distinct stellar populations.
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E.
47 Tucanae
47 Tucanae is a massive, bright globular star cluster in the constellation Tucana, notable as one of the closest and most studied such clusters in the Milky Way.
- 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: NGC6791 Target entity description: NGC 6791 is an unusually old, massive, and metal-rich open star cluster located in the constellation Lyra, often studied for its importance in understanding stellar evolution and Galactic history.
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A.
NGC 6752
NGC 6752 is a bright, ancient globular star cluster located in the southern constellation Pavo, notable for being one of the closest and most luminous globular clusters visible from Earth.
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B.
NGC 6397
NGC 6397 is one of the closest and oldest known globular star clusters to Earth, located in the constellation Ara.
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C.
Messier 67
Messier 67 is a rich, old open star cluster located in the constellation Cancer and is one of the most studied stellar clusters in the Milky Way.
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D.
NGC 2808
NGC 2808 is a massive, unusually complex globular star cluster in the Milky Way notable for hosting multiple distinct stellar populations.
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E.
47 Tucanae
47 Tucanae is a massive, bright globular star cluster in the constellation Tucana, notable as one of the closest and most studied such clusters in the Milky Way.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.