Andromeda XXVI
E140991
Andromeda XXVI is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group of galaxies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Andromeda XXVI canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T869181 — 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: Andromeda XXVI Context triple: [Local Group, contains, Andromeda XXVI]
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A.
Andromeda XXIII
Andromeda XXIII is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group of galaxies.
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B.
Andromeda XXII
Andromeda XXII is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy located near the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group of galaxies.
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C.
Andromeda XXV
Andromeda XXV is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group of galaxies.
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D.
Andromeda XVII
Andromeda XVII is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
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E.
Andromeda XXIV
Andromeda XXIV is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy located in the vicinity of the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group of galaxies.
- 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: Andromeda XXVI Target entity description: Andromeda XXVI is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group of galaxies.
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A.
Andromeda XXIII
Andromeda XXIII is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group of galaxies.
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B.
Andromeda XXII
Andromeda XXII is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy located near the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group of galaxies.
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C.
Andromeda XXV
Andromeda XXV is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group of galaxies.
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D.
Andromeda XVII
Andromeda XVII is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.
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E.
Andromeda XXIV
Andromeda XXIV is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy located in the vicinity of the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group of galaxies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
ⓘ
dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ galaxy in the Local Group ⓘ satellite galaxy ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | about −7.1 ⓘ |
| alternateName | And XXVI ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 18.3 ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Andromeda satellite system
ⓘ
Local Group dwarf galaxies ⓘ |
| contains | old red giant branch stars ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | equatorial ⓘ |
| declination | +47° 54′ 58″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Pan-STARRS survey
ⓘ
surface form:
Pan-STARRS 1 survey team
|
| discoveryMethod | resolved stellar photometry ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy | about 103 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 1.05 megaparsecs
ⓘ
about 3.4 million light-years ⓘ |
| environment | outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| galaxyType | dwarf spheroidal ⓘ |
| gasContent | gas-poor ⓘ |
| gasRichness | low ⓘ |
| halfLightRadius |
about 0.75 arcminutes
ⓘ
about 230 parsecs ⓘ |
| hasColorMagnitudeDiagram | consistent with old metal-poor population ⓘ |
| hasDarkMatterDominance | likely ⓘ |
| hasNoSignificant | current star formation ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| isFainterThan | many other Andromeda dwarf satellites ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBoundTo | Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| isPartOf | nearby universe ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Andromeda ⓘ |
| luminosityClass | very low-luminosity dwarf ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Group ⓘ |
| metallicityFeH | about −1.9 dex ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | dSph ⓘ |
| observationalChallenge | faint and low surface brightness ⓘ |
| observedIn | optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| observedWith | Pan-STARRS 1 telescope ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | about −261 km/s ⓘ |
| redshift | approximately 0 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 00h 23m 45s ⓘ |
| satelliteOf | Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| starFormationActivity | quiescent ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | old ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness | very low ⓘ |
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: Andromeda XXVI Description of subject: Andromeda XXVI is a faint dwarf satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group of galaxies.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.