Fornax 4
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Fornax 4 is a globular star cluster located within the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy, notable for its dense concentration of ancient stars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fornax 4 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5219491 — 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: Fornax 4 Context triple: [Fornax Dwarf Galaxy, containsGlobularCluster, Fornax 4]
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A.
Fornax 3
Fornax 3 is a globular star cluster located within the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy, notable for its role in studies of stellar populations and galaxy evolution in the Local Group.
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B.
Andromeda XIV
Andromeda XIV is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy that orbits the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) as one of its satellite galaxies within the Local Group.
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C.
Andromeda IV
Andromeda IV is a faint dwarf irregular galaxy located near the Andromeda Galaxy and belonging to the Local Group of galaxies.
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D.
Andromeda XII
Andromeda XII is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy that orbits the Andromeda Galaxy as one of its distant satellite members within the Local Group.
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E.
Andromeda VII
Andromeda VII is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
- 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: Fornax 4 Target entity description: Fornax 4 is a globular star cluster located within the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy, notable for its dense concentration of ancient stars.
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A.
Fornax 3
Fornax 3 is a globular star cluster located within the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy, notable for its role in studies of stellar populations and galaxy evolution in the Local Group.
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B.
Andromeda XIV
Andromeda XIV is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy that orbits the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) as one of its satellite galaxies within the Local Group.
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C.
Andromeda IV
Andromeda IV is a faint dwarf irregular galaxy located near the Andromeda Galaxy and belonging to the Local Group of galaxies.
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D.
Andromeda XII
Andromeda XII is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy that orbits the Andromeda Galaxy as one of its distant satellite members within the Local Group.
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E.
Andromeda VII
Andromeda VII is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | globular star cluster ⓘ |
| age | on the order of billions of years ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy
ⓘ
linked to:
Fornax Dwarf Galaxy
Local Group ⓘ outer halo environment of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| clusterType | old halo-like globular cluster ⓘ |
| contains | ancient stars ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | equatorial coordinates ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 140 kiloparsecs
ⓘ
approximately 460000 light-years ⓘ |
| galaxyTypeOfHost | dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ |
| hasStellarDensity | high central concentration ⓘ |
| hostEnvironment | satellite galaxy of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Fornax Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBoundSystemOf | stars ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
constraints on the formation history of the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy
ⓘ
studies of chemical evolution in dwarf galaxies ⓘ studies of stellar populations in dwarf galaxies ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fornax Dwarf Galaxy
ⓘ
Fornax constellation ⓘ |
| memberOf | Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy globular cluster system ⓘ |
| metallicity | low ⓘ |
| notableFor | dense concentration of ancient stars ⓘ |
| observedIn |
near-infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| orbits | center of the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ |
| partOf | Fornax Dwarf Galaxy globular cluster system ⓘ |
| skyLocation | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | old ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fornax 4 Description of subject: Fornax 4 is a globular star cluster located within the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy, notable for its dense concentration of ancient stars.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.