NGC 5866 Group
E569626
The NGC 5866 Group is a small nearby galaxy group dominated by the lenticular galaxy NGC 5866, located in the constellation Draco and often studied as part of the local large-scale structure of the universe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NGC 5866 Group canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6016018 — 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 5866 Group Context triple: [Virgo Supercluster, contains, NGC 5866 Group]
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NGC 1023 Group
The NGC 1023 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Perseus, notable as one of the closest galaxy groups to the Local Group and a member of the larger Virgo Supercluster.
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B.
NGC 4631 Group
The NGC 4631 Group is a small nearby galaxy group dominated by the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 4631 (the Whale Galaxy), located in the constellation Canes Venatici.
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M81 Group
The M81 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major, dominated by the large spiral galaxy Messier 81 and known for its interacting members and active star formation.
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D.
M66 Group
The M66 Group is a small nearby galaxy group in the constellation Leo, best known for containing the bright spiral galaxy Messier 66 and its interacting companions.
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E.
M96 Group
The M96 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Leo, notable for including the bright spiral galaxy Messier 96 and being part of the larger Leo I Group within the Virgo Supercluster.
- 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 5866 Group Target entity description: The NGC 5866 Group is a small nearby galaxy group dominated by the lenticular galaxy NGC 5866, located in the constellation Draco and often studied as part of the local large-scale structure of the universe.
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A.
NGC 1023 Group
The NGC 1023 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Perseus, notable as one of the closest galaxy groups to the Local Group and a member of the larger Virgo Supercluster.
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B.
NGC 4631 Group
The NGC 4631 Group is a small nearby galaxy group dominated by the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 4631 (the Whale Galaxy), located in the constellation Canes Venatici.
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C.
M81 Group
The M81 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major, dominated by the large spiral galaxy Messier 81 and known for its interacting members and active star formation.
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D.
M66 Group
The M66 Group is a small nearby galaxy group in the constellation Leo, best known for containing the bright spiral galaxy Messier 66 and its interacting companions.
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E.
M96 Group
The M96 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Leo, notable for including the bright spiral galaxy Messier 96 and being part of the larger Leo I Group within the Virgo Supercluster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extragalactic astronomical object
ⓘ
galaxy group ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Nearby Galaxies Catalog
ⓘ
group catalogs of the local universe ⓘ |
| containsGalaxyOfType |
lenticular galaxy
ⓘ
spiral galaxy ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 13 million parsecs
ⓘ
approximately 40 million light-years ⓘ |
| dominantGalaxy | NGC 5866 ⓘ |
| dominantGalaxyType | lenticular galaxy ⓘ |
| environment | nearby galaxy group environment ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeDescription | small nearby galaxy group dominated by NGC 5866 ⓘ |
| hasApproximateMemberCount | a few tens of galaxies ⓘ |
| hasBrightestMember | NGC 5866 ⓘ |
| hasCentralRegionDominatedBy | NGC 5866 ⓘ |
| hasMemberGalaxy |
IC 1131
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IC 1132 ⓘ IC 1135 ⓘ NGC 5866 ⓘ NGC 5879 ⓘ NGC 5905 ⓘ NGC 5907 ⓘ NGC 5963 ⓘ UGC 10043 ⓘ UGC 9776 ⓘ UGC 9816 ⓘ UGC 9965 ⓘ UGC 9992 ⓘ |
| isBoundGravitationally | true ⓘ |
| isNearby | true ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Draco ⓘ |
| locatedInHemisphere | northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| memberOfLargeScaleStructure | local large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ |
| name | NGC 5866 Group ⓘ |
| observedInWavelength |
infrared
ⓘ
optical ⓘ radio ⓘ |
| partOf | local universe ⓘ |
| redshift | approximately 0.002–0.003 ⓘ |
| spatialRelationToMilkyWay | in the northern sky relative to the Milky Way ⓘ |
| studiedFor |
dynamics of small galaxy groups
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galaxy evolution in low-density environments ⓘ structure of the local universe ⓘ |
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 5866 Group Description of subject: The NGC 5866 Group is a small nearby galaxy group dominated by the lenticular galaxy NGC 5866, located in the constellation Draco and often studied as part of the local large-scale structure of the universe.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.