Trumpler 14
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Trumpler 14 is a very young, massive open star cluster in the Carina Nebula, notable for containing some of the most luminous and hottest known stars in the Milky Way.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trumpler 14 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2706372 — 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: Trumpler 14 Context triple: [Carina Nebula, contains, Trumpler 14]
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A.
Messier 17
Messier 17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, is a bright star-forming emission nebula located in the constellation Sagittarius.
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B.
Messier 16
Messier 16, also known as the Eagle Nebula, is a young open star cluster embedded in a vast emission nebula famous for its towering star-forming gas and dust structures.
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C.
Jewel Box cluster
The Jewel Box cluster is a bright and colorful open star cluster in the constellation Crux, renowned for its striking mix of blue and red stars visible even in small telescopes.
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D.
Melotte 22
Melotte 22 is an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, more commonly known as the Pleiades or Seven Sisters, famed for its bright, blue-hot stars and visibility to the naked eye.
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E.
NGC 346
NGC 346 is a prominent star-forming region and open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, known for its young, massive stars and complex nebular structures.
- 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: Trumpler 14 Target entity description: Trumpler 14 is a very young, massive open star cluster in the Carina Nebula, notable for containing some of the most luminous and hottest known stars in the Milky Way.
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A.
Messier 17
Messier 17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, is a bright star-forming emission nebula located in the constellation Sagittarius.
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B.
Messier 16
Messier 16, also known as the Eagle Nebula, is a young open star cluster embedded in a vast emission nebula famous for its towering star-forming gas and dust structures.
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C.
Jewel Box cluster
The Jewel Box cluster is a bright and colorful open star cluster in the constellation Crux, renowned for its striking mix of blue and red stars visible even in small telescopes.
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D.
Melotte 22
Melotte 22 is an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, more commonly known as the Pleiades or Seven Sisters, famed for its bright, blue-hot stars and visibility to the naked eye.
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E.
NGC 346
NGC 346 is a prominent star-forming region and open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, known for its young, massive stars and complex nebular structures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
open star cluster
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young massive cluster ⓘ |
| age |
approximately 300,000 to 500,000 years
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younger than 1 million years ⓘ |
| angularSize | about 6 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 5.5 ⓘ |
| catalogCode |
Collinder 232 region (nearby association)
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linked to:
Collinder 232
Tr 14 ⓘ |
| celestialBodyType | stellar cluster ⓘ |
| contains |
HD 93128
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HD 93129A ⓘ HD 93129B ⓘ HD 93130 ⓘ O-type stars ⓘ Tr14-1 ⓘ Tr14-2 ⓘ Tr14-3 ⓘ Wolf–Rayet stars ⓘ early O3-type stars ⓘ massive binary systems ⓘ massive main-sequence stars ⓘ pre-main-sequence stars ⓘ very hot stars ⓘ very luminous stars ⓘ very massive stars ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Robert Julius Trumpler ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 2,400 parsecs
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approximately 8,000 light-years ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
intense ultraviolet radiation field
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one of the most compact young clusters in the Carina region ⓘ one of the youngest known massive clusters in the Milky Way ⓘ ongoing star formation in and around the cluster ⓘ rich in massive O-type stars ⓘ significant feedback on surrounding nebular gas ⓘ strong stellar winds from massive stars ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Carina Nebula
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Carina constellation ⓘ Milky Way ⓘ |
| mass | several thousand solar masses ⓘ |
| partOf |
Carina OB1 association
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Carina star-forming complex ⓘ
linked to:
Carina Nebula
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Subject: Trumpler 14 Description of subject: Trumpler 14 is a very young, massive open star cluster in the Carina Nebula, notable for containing some of the most luminous and hottest known stars in the Milky Way.
Referenced by (5)
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