NGC 2516
E975198
UNEXPLORED
NGC 2516 is a bright open star cluster in the constellation Carina, often called the Southern Beehive Cluster and visible to the naked eye from dark southern skies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NGC 2516 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12175555 — 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 2516 Context triple: [Carina, containsDeepSkyObject, NGC 2516]
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A.
NGC 2506
NGC 2506 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Monoceros, known for its richness and relatively old stellar population.
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B.
NGC 2251
NGC 2251 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Monoceros, observed as a loose grouping of stars within the Milky Way.
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C.
NGC 6205
NGC 6205 is a bright, densely packed globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, commonly known as the Great Hercules Cluster (M13).
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D.
NGC 6611
NGC 6611 is a young, massive open star cluster embedded within the Eagle Nebula, notable for illuminating and shaping its surrounding interstellar gas and dust.
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E.
NGC 6656
NGC 6656 is a bright globular star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, notable as one of the closest and most easily observed globular clusters 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: NGC 2516 Target entity description: NGC 2516 is a bright open star cluster in the constellation Carina, often called the Southern Beehive Cluster and visible to the naked eye from dark southern skies.
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A.
NGC 2506
NGC 2506 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Monoceros, known for its richness and relatively old stellar population.
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B.
NGC 2251
NGC 2251 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Monoceros, observed as a loose grouping of stars within the Milky Way.
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C.
NGC 6205
NGC 6205 is a bright, densely packed globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, commonly known as the Great Hercules Cluster (M13).
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D.
NGC 6611
NGC 6611 is a young, massive open star cluster embedded within the Eagle Nebula, notable for illuminating and shaping its surrounding interstellar gas and dust.
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E.
NGC 6656
NGC 6656 is a bright globular star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, notable as one of the closest and most easily observed globular clusters from Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Carina constellation
subject linked to:
Carina constellation