Omega Centauri
E481658
Omega Centauri is the largest and brightest known globular star cluster in the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye and containing millions of ancient stars.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Omega Centauri canonical | 4 |
| NGC 5139 | 1 |
| NGC 5139 is Omega Centauri | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4943583 — 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: Omega Centauri Context triple: [Centaurus constellation region, contains, Omega Centauri]
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A.
Hercules Globular Cluster
The Hercules Globular Cluster is a bright, densely packed spherical star cluster in the constellation Hercules, notable as one of the most prominent and studied globular clusters in the northern sky.
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B.
Messier 55
Messier 55 is a large, relatively loose globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, visible in small telescopes as a faint, diffuse ball of stars.
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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.
Messier 54
Messier 54 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for being one of the first globular clusters found to belong to a dwarf galaxy outside the Milky Way.
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globular star cluster M13
Globular star cluster M13, also known as the Great Hercules Cluster, is a dense, bright spherical collection of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars located in the constellation Hercules and is one of the most prominent globular clusters visible from Earth.
- 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: Omega Centauri Target entity description: Omega Centauri is the largest and brightest known globular star cluster in the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye and containing millions of ancient stars.
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A.
Hercules Globular Cluster
The Hercules Globular Cluster is a bright, densely packed spherical star cluster in the constellation Hercules, notable as one of the most prominent and studied globular clusters in the northern sky.
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B.
Messier 55
Messier 55 is a large, relatively loose globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, visible in small telescopes as a faint, diffuse ball of stars.
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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.
Messier 54
Messier 54 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for being one of the first globular clusters found to belong to a dwarf galaxy outside the Milky Way.
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E.
globular star cluster M13
Globular star cluster M13, also known as the Great Hercules Cluster, is a dense, bright spherical collection of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars located in the constellation Hercules and is one of the most prominent globular clusters visible from Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deep-sky object
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globular cluster ⓘ stellar system ⓘ |
| age_gyr | about 12 billion years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Caldwell 80
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NGC 5139 ⓘ ω Centauri ⓘ |
| angularDiameter_arcmin | about 36 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 3.7 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Galactic halo ⓘ |
| CaldwellNumber | 80 ⓘ |
| catalog |
Caldwell catalogue
ⓘ
New General Catalogue ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| classifiedAsGlobularClusterBy | John Herschel ⓘ |
| contains |
ancient stars
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millions of stars ⓘ |
| declination_J2000 | −47° 28′ 46″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Ptolemy
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linked to:
Ptolemaios
|
| discoveryEpoch | antiquity ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_kpc | about 4.9 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_ly | about 15800 light-years ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude_deg | 14.97 ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude_deg | 309.10 ⓘ |
| hasHypothesis |
may be remnant core of a dwarf galaxy
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may host an intermediate-mass black hole ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
brightest globular cluster in the Milky Way
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flattened shape ⓘ high central stellar density ⓘ high velocity dispersion ⓘ largest known globular cluster in the Milky Way ⓘ multiple stellar populations ⓘ spread in metallicity among its stars ⓘ |
| isTargetOf |
Gaia mission observations
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Hubble Space Telescope observations ⓘ |
| isVisibleTo | naked eye ⓘ |
| linearDiameter_ly | about 150 light-years ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Milky Way
ⓘ
constellation Centaurus ⓘ |
| mass_solarMasses | about 4 million solar masses ⓘ |
| metallicity_FeH | about −1.6 ⓘ |
| NGCNumber | 5139 ⓘ |
| observedIn |
X-ray wavelengths
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infrared wavelengths ⓘ optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| orbits | Milky Way center ⓘ |
| rightAscension_J2000 | 13h 26m 47.3s ⓘ |
| spectralTypeDominant | K-type giants ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Omega Centauri Description of subject: Omega Centauri is the largest and brightest known globular star cluster in the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye and containing millions of ancient stars.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Omega Centauri
linked to: Omega Centauri