ESO 56- G 115
E481641
ESO 56- G 115 is a catalog designation for the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby irregular dwarf galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest satellite galaxies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ESO 56- G 115 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4943426 — 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: ESO 56- G 115 Context triple: [LMC, catalogDesignation, ESO 56- G 115]
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A.
ESO 383-G087
ESO 383-G087 is a relatively nearby galaxy that is a member of the Centaurus A/M83 Group in the local universe.
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B.
ESO 029- G 011
ESO 029- G 011 is a catalog designation for the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors.
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C.
ESO 324-G024
ESO 324-G024 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby Centaurus A/M83 galaxy group.
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D.
UGC 5699
UGC 5699 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major.
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E.
UGC 5666
UGC 5666 is a dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
- 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: ESO 56- G 115 Target entity description: ESO 56- G 115 is a catalog designation for the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby irregular dwarf galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest satellite galaxies.
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A.
ESO 383-G087
ESO 383-G087 is a relatively nearby galaxy that is a member of the Centaurus A/M83 Group in the local universe.
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B.
ESO 029- G 011
ESO 029- G 011 is a catalog designation for the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors.
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C.
ESO 324-G024
ESO 324-G024 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby Centaurus A/M83 galaxy group.
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D.
UGC 5699
UGC 5699 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major.
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E.
UGC 5666
UGC 5666 is a dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
galaxy
ⓘ
irregular dwarf galaxy ⓘ satellite galaxy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
LMC
ⓘ
Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ |
| bestSeenFrom | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation | ESO 56- G 115 ⓘ |
| contains |
30 Doradus
ⓘ
H II regions ⓘ Tarantula Nebula ⓘ massive young star-forming regions ⓘ super star clusters ⓘ supernova remnants ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | European explorers before 16th century (visible to naked eye) ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 160000 light-years
ⓘ
about 50 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| hasAngularSize | about 10 degrees ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV | about 0.9 ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedStructure |
Magellanic Bridge
ⓘ
Magellanic Stream ⓘ |
| hasBar | yes ⓘ |
| hasCompanionGalaxy | Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ |
| hasGasRichContent | yes ⓘ |
| hasNeutralHydrogenEnvelope | yes ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationRate | elevated compared to Milky Way average ⓘ |
| hasStellarMass | on the order of 10^9 solar masses ⓘ |
| interactsGravitationallyWith |
Milky Way
ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ |
| isVisibleToNakedEye | yes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
constellation Dorado
ⓘ
southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Group ⓘ |
| metallicity | sub-solar ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | Magellanic irregular ⓘ |
| orbits | Milky Way ⓘ |
| satelliteOf | Milky Way ⓘ |
| usedAs |
calibrator for distance scale
ⓘ
laboratory for studying star formation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: ESO 56- G 115 Description of subject: ESO 56- G 115 is a catalog designation for the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby irregular dwarf galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s closest satellite galaxies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.