Wild Duck Cluster
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The Wild Duck Cluster is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, notable for its dense population of young stars that resemble a flock of ducks in flight.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wild Duck Cluster canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4617721 — 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: Wild Duck Cluster Context triple: [Open cluster M11, alsoKnownAs, Wild Duck Cluster]
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A.
Ravens Flock
Ravens Flock is the collective nickname for the passionate fan base of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.
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B.
Redwing
Redwing is Sam Wilson's advanced drone companion, often depicted as a high-tech robotic bird that assists him in reconnaissance and combat.
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C.
Eastern Condors
Eastern Condors is a 1987 Hong Kong action war film directed by and starring Sammo Hung, renowned for its intense martial-arts combat and Vietnam War–era commando storyline.
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D.
Anserma
Anserma is a municipality and town in the Caldas Department of Colombia, known for its coffee production and location in the Andean region.
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E.
Cloetta
Cloetta is a Swedish confectionery company known for producing a wide range of chocolates, candies, and other sweets for the Nordic and European markets.
- 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: Wild Duck Cluster Target entity description: The Wild Duck Cluster is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, notable for its dense population of young stars that resemble a flock of ducks in flight.
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A.
Ravens Flock
Ravens Flock is the collective nickname for the passionate fan base of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.
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B.
Redwing
Redwing is Sam Wilson's advanced drone companion, often depicted as a high-tech robotic bird that assists him in reconnaissance and combat.
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C.
Eastern Condors
Eastern Condors is a 1987 Hong Kong action war film directed by and starring Sammo Hung, renowned for its intense martial-arts combat and Vietnam War–era commando storyline.
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D.
Anserma
Anserma is a municipality and town in the Caldas Department of Colombia, known for its coffee production and location in the Andean region.
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E.
Cloetta
Cloetta is a Swedish confectionery company known for producing a wide range of chocolates, candies, and other sweets for the Nordic and European markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deep-sky object
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open star cluster ⓘ stellar cluster ⓘ |
| age | about 220 million years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M11
NERFINISHED
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Messier 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6705 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize | about 14 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 5.8 ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Scutum Star Cloud region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn |
binoculars
ⓘ
small telescope ⓘ |
| catalogInclusion |
Messier Catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedBy | Charles Messier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
many B-type stars
ⓘ
red giant stars ⓘ |
| coreConcentration | high ⓘ |
| declination | −06° 16′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Gottfried Kirch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1681 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 1,800 parsecs
ⓘ
about 6,000 light-years ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | low ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | Population I stars ⓘ |
| hasTrumplerClassification | rich, highly concentrated open cluster ⓘ |
| is | one of the richest open clusters known ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galactic disk
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Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Scutum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass | several thousand solar masses ⓘ |
| messierNumber | 11 ⓘ |
| metallicity | slightly above solar ⓘ |
| morphologicalAppearance | rich and compact ⓘ |
| ngcNumber | 6705 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appearance resembling a flock of ducks in flight
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dense population of young stars ⓘ |
| numberOfStars | several thousand ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
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optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 18h 51m ⓘ |
| usedFor | studies of stellar evolution in open clusters ⓘ |
| visibilitySeason |
northern autumn
ⓘ
northern summer ⓘ |
| visibleFrom |
Northern Hemisphere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wild Duck Cluster Description of subject: The Wild Duck Cluster is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, notable for its dense population of young stars that resemble a flock of ducks in flight.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Scutum