NGC 6925
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NGC 6925 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Microscopium.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 6925 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5363478 — 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 6925 Context triple: [Microscopium, containsDeepSkyObject, NGC 6925]
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A.
NGC 6523
NGC 6523 is a large, bright emission nebula and active star-forming region located in the constellation Sagittarius, commonly known as the Lagoon Nebula.
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B.
NGC 6705
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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C.
NGC 6809
NGC 6809 is a bright, relatively nearby globular star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for its loose structure and rich population of ancient stars.
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D.
NGC 6845
NGC 6845 is a compact group of interacting galaxies located in the southern constellation Telescopium.
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E.
NGC 6868
NGC 6868 is an elliptical galaxy located in the southern constellation Telescopium, notable for its membership in a small galaxy group and its relatively bright, smooth stellar profile.
- 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 6925 Target entity description: NGC 6925 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Microscopium.
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A.
NGC 6523
NGC 6523 is a large, bright emission nebula and active star-forming region located in the constellation Sagittarius, commonly known as the Lagoon Nebula.
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B.
NGC 6705
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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C.
NGC 6809
NGC 6809 is a bright, relatively nearby globular star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for its loose structure and rich population of ancient stars.
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D.
NGC 6845
NGC 6845 is a compact group of interacting galaxies located in the southern constellation Telescopium.
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E.
NGC 6868
NGC 6868 is an elliptical galaxy located in the southern constellation Telescopium, notable for its membership in a small galaxy group and its relatively bright, smooth stellar profile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | barred spiral galaxy ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | ~11.3 ⓘ |
| apparentSize |
~1.5 arcmin
ⓘ
~5.0 arcmin ⓘ |
| bestSeenFrom | southern latitudes ⓘ |
| catalog | New General Catalogue ⓘ |
| constellation | Microscopium ⓘ |
| declination | −31° 59′ ⓘ |
| discoverer | John Herschel ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1834 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
~120 million light-years
ⓘ
~37 Mpc ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem | J2000 ⓘ |
| galaxyType | disk galaxy ⓘ |
| hasBar | yes ⓘ |
| hasDustLane | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpiralArms | yes ⓘ |
| hasStarFormation | yes ⓘ |
| listedIn |
ESO-Uppsala catalogue
ⓘ
linked to:
ESO/Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Extragalactic Database
Principal Galaxies Catalogue ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | SBbc ⓘ |
| orientation | edge-on ⓘ |
| partOf | local universe ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | ~2700 km/s ⓘ |
| redshift | ~0.009 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 20h 34m ⓘ |
| visibleIn | amateur telescopes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: NGC 6925 Description of subject: NGC 6925 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Microscopium.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.