NGC 6604
E483974
NGC 6604 is a young, compact open star cluster associated with the Serpens OB2 association, located near the Eagle Nebula in the constellation Serpens.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 6604 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4619197 — 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 6604 Context triple: [Serpens Cauda, contains, NGC 6604]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
NGC 6514
NGC 6514 is a bright, colorful emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Sagittarius, widely known as the Trifid Nebula.
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D.
NGC 346
NGC 346 is a prominent star-forming region and open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, known for its young, massive stars and complex nebular structures.
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E.
NGC 2068
NGC 2068, also known as the reflection nebula M78, is a bright star-forming cloud of gas and dust located in the constellation Orion.
- 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 6604 Target entity description: NGC 6604 is a young, compact open star cluster associated with the Serpens OB2 association, located near the Eagle Nebula in the constellation Serpens.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
NGC 6514
NGC 6514 is a bright, colorful emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Sagittarius, widely known as the Trifid Nebula.
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D.
NGC 346
NGC 346 is a prominent star-forming region and open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, known for its young, massive stars and complex nebular structures.
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E.
NGC 2068
NGC 2068, also known as the reflection nebula M78, is a bright star-forming cloud of gas and dust located in the constellation Orion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
ⓘ
open star cluster ⓘ |
| age |
4 million years
ⓘ
5 million years ⓘ |
| angularSize | 5 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 6.5 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
H II regions
ⓘ
Serpens OB2 association NERFINISHED ⓘ interstellar gas ⓘ |
| bestSeenFrom | Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn | summer ⓘ |
| catalog | NGC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clusterType | young open cluster ⓘ |
| compactness | compact ⓘ |
| constellation | Serpens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
B-type stars
ⓘ
early-type stars ⓘ massive O-type stars ⓘ |
| declination | -12° 14′ 30″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | William Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1784 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
1400 parsecs
ⓘ
4600 light-years ⓘ |
| epoch | J2000 ⓘ |
| galacticArm | Sagittarius Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | +0.45° ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 18.3° ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
embedded in nebulosity
ⓘ
rich in hot stars ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
massive star formation
ⓘ
stellar evolution in young clusters ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation | young massive stars ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galactic plane
ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ Serpens OB2 association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Eagle Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
IC 4703
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Messier 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| partOf |
Serpens OB2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Serpens constellation region near Scutum border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 18h 18m 02s ⓘ |
| visibleWith |
binoculars under dark skies
ⓘ
small telescope ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 6604 Description of subject: NGC 6604 is a young, compact open star cluster associated with the Serpens OB2 association, located near the Eagle Nebula in the constellation Serpens.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.