NGC 6705
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NGC 6705 is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, notable for its high stellar density and brightness, making it one of the most impressive open clusters in the Milky Way.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 6705 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4617724 — 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 6705 Context triple: [Open cluster M11, alsoKnownAs, NGC 6705]
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A.
NGC 6205
NGC 6205 is a bright, densely packed globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, commonly known as the Great Hercules Cluster (M13).
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B.
NGC 6514
NGC 6514 is a bright, colorful emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Sagittarius, widely known as the Trifid Nebula.
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C.
NGC 7317
NGC 7317 is an elliptical galaxy that forms part of Stephan's Quintet, a famous compact group of interacting galaxies in the constellation Pegasus.
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D.
NGC 7319
NGC 7319 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus, notable as a member of the interacting galaxy group known as Stephan's Quintet.
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E.
NGC 2068
NGC 2068, also known as the reflection nebula M78, is a bright star-forming cloud of gas and dust located in the constellation Orion.
- 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 6705 Target entity description: NGC 6705 is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, notable for its high stellar density and brightness, making it one of the most impressive open clusters in the Milky Way.
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A.
NGC 6205
NGC 6205 is a bright, densely packed globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, commonly known as the Great Hercules Cluster (M13).
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B.
NGC 6514
NGC 6514 is a bright, colorful emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Sagittarius, widely known as the Trifid Nebula.
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C.
NGC 7317
NGC 7317 is an elliptical galaxy that forms part of Stephan's Quintet, a famous compact group of interacting galaxies in the constellation Pegasus.
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D.
NGC 7319
NGC 7319 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus, notable as a member of the interacting galaxy group known as Stephan's Quintet.
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E.
NGC 2068
NGC 2068, also known as the reflection nebula M78, is a bright star-forming cloud of gas and dust located in the constellation Orion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
ⓘ
deep-sky object ⓘ open star cluster ⓘ |
| age |
about 220 million years
ⓘ
on the order of 200 million years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M11
ⓘ
Messier 11 ⓘ The Wild Duck Cluster ⓘ |
| angularSize | 14 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 5.8 ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Scutum Star Cloud region
ⓘ
linked to:
Scutum Star Cloud
|
| bestSeenFrom | Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn | summer sky ⓘ |
| brightestStarsMagnitude | about 8 ⓘ |
| catalog | New General Catalogue ⓘ |
| contains |
giant stars
ⓘ
main-sequence stars ⓘ |
| coreConcentration | strong ⓘ |
| declination | −06° 16′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Gottfried Kirch ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1681 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 1.8 kiloparsecs
ⓘ
about 6000 light-years ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | low ⓘ |
| hasTrumplerClassification | I,2,r ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galactic disk
ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Scutum ⓘ |
| messierNumber | M11 ⓘ |
| metallicity | near-solar ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high brightness
ⓘ
high stellar density ⓘ impressive visual appearance ⓘ |
| numberOfMemberStars | several thousand ⓘ |
| objectTypeDetail | rich, compact open cluster ⓘ |
| observedInWavelength |
infrared
ⓘ
optical ⓘ |
| observedWith |
binoculars
ⓘ
small telescopes ⓘ |
| partOf | Milky Way spiral structure ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 18h 51m ⓘ |
| stellarDensity | high ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | rich ⓘ |
| usedFor |
studies of open cluster dynamics
ⓘ
studies of stellar evolution ⓘ |
| visibilityToNakedEye | borderline under dark skies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: NGC 6705 Description of subject: NGC 6705 is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, notable for its high stellar density and brightness, making it one of the most impressive open clusters in the Milky Way.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.