UGC 5470
E491705
UGC 5470 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Leo and a satellite of the Milky Way, commonly known as the Leo I Dwarf Galaxy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UGC 5470 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5075056 — 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: UGC 5470 Context triple: [Leo I Dwarf Galaxy, alternateName, UGC 5470]
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A.
UGC 5497
UGC 5497 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major.
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B.
UGC 5423
UGC 5423 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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C.
UGC 5336
UGC 5336 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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D.
UGC 5935
UGC 5935 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major.
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E.
UGC 5923
UGC 5923 is a dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
- 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: UGC 5470 Target entity description: UGC 5470 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Leo and a satellite of the Milky Way, commonly known as the Leo I Dwarf Galaxy.
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A.
UGC 5497
UGC 5497 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major.
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B.
UGC 5423
UGC 5423 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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C.
UGC 5336
UGC 5336 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
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D.
UGC 5935
UGC 5935 is a dwarf galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major.
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E.
UGC 5923
UGC 5923 is a dwarf irregular galaxy that is a member of the nearby M81 Group in the constellation Ursa Major.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | ~−12 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Leo I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leo I Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize_arcmin | ~10 × 8 ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | ~11.2 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Leo I Group of Milky Way satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation |
Leo I Dwarf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PGC 29488 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 5470 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
horizontal branch stars
ⓘ
old red giant stars ⓘ |
| declination | +12° 18′ 30″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Albert George Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_kpc | ~250 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_ly | ~820000 ⓘ |
| galaxyType | dwarf spheroidal ⓘ |
| gasContent | very low ⓘ |
| hasDarkMatterDominance | true ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | Galactic halo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFaint | true ⓘ |
| isNearbyGalaxy | true ⓘ |
| isResolvedIntoStars | true ⓘ |
| isSatelliteOf | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Leo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metallicity | low ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | dSph ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| orbitalStatus | bound satellite of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| radialVelocity_km_per_s | ~282 ⓘ |
| redshift_z | ~0.00094 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 10h 08m 27s ⓘ |
| starFormationActivity | quiescent ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | old ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness | 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: UGC 5470 Description of subject: UGC 5470 is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Leo and a satellite of the Milky Way, commonly known as the Leo I Dwarf Galaxy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.