NGC 371
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UNEXPLORED
NGC 371 is a young open star cluster and H II region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, notable for its population of variable stars and active star formation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NGC 371 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22006827 — 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 371 Context triple: [NGC 371 (associated region), locatedIn, NGC 371]
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A.
NGC 3718
NGC 3718 is a peculiar, warped spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, noted for its distorted dust lanes and active galactic nucleus.
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B.
NGC 3172
NGC 3172 is a faint spiral galaxy located very close to the north celestial pole in the constellation Ursa Minor.
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C.
NGC 3114
NGC 3114 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Carina, notable for its bright, loosely bound stars visible in small telescopes.
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D.
NGC 3766
NGC 3766 is a young open star cluster notable for its rich population of hot, massive stars and unusual variable stars, located in the southern sky.
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E.
NGC 3372
NGC 3372 is a massive, bright star-forming nebula in the Carina constellation, famous for housing the unstable supergiant star Eta Carinae and extensive regions of ionized gas and dust.
- 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 371 Target entity description: NGC 371 is a young open star cluster and H II region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, notable for its population of variable stars and active star formation.
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A.
NGC 3718
NGC 3718 is a peculiar, warped spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, noted for its distorted dust lanes and active galactic nucleus.
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B.
NGC 3172
NGC 3172 is a faint spiral galaxy located very close to the north celestial pole in the constellation Ursa Minor.
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C.
NGC 3114
NGC 3114 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Carina, notable for its bright, loosely bound stars visible in small telescopes.
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D.
NGC 3766
NGC 3766 is a young open star cluster notable for its rich population of hot, massive stars and unusual variable stars, located in the southern sky.
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E.
NGC 3372
NGC 3372 is a massive, bright star-forming nebula in the Carina constellation, famous for housing the unstable supergiant star Eta Carinae and extensive regions of ionized gas and dust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.