47 Tucanae
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47 Tucanae is a massive, bright globular star cluster in the constellation Tucana, notable as one of the closest and most studied such clusters in the Milky Way.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 47 Tucanae canonical | 2 |
| NGC 104 | 2 |
| 47 Tuc | 1 |
| 47 Tucanae (as a notable southern cluster) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5089068 — 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: 47 Tucanae Context triple: [Tucana, contains, 47 Tucanae]
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A.
Hercules Globular Cluster
The Hercules Globular Cluster is a bright, densely packed spherical star cluster in the constellation Hercules, notable as one of the most prominent and studied globular clusters in the northern sky.
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B.
Messier 67
Messier 67 is a rich, old open star cluster located in the constellation Cancer and is one of the most studied stellar clusters in the Milky Way.
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C.
Omega Centauri
Omega Centauri is the largest and brightest known globular star cluster in the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye and containing millions of ancient stars.
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D.
Messier 55
Messier 55 is a large, relatively loose globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, visible in small telescopes as a faint, diffuse ball of stars.
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E.
Messier 14
Messier 14 is a bright globular star cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus, composed of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars densely packed together.
- 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: 47 Tucanae Target entity description: 47 Tucanae is a massive, bright globular star cluster in the constellation Tucana, notable as one of the closest and most studied such clusters in the Milky Way.
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A.
Hercules Globular Cluster
The Hercules Globular Cluster is a bright, densely packed spherical star cluster in the constellation Hercules, notable as one of the most prominent and studied globular clusters in the northern sky.
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B.
Messier 67
Messier 67 is a rich, old open star cluster located in the constellation Cancer and is one of the most studied stellar clusters in the Milky Way.
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C.
Omega Centauri
Omega Centauri is the largest and brightest known globular star cluster in the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye and containing millions of ancient stars.
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D.
Messier 55
Messier 55 is a large, relatively loose globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, visible in small telescopes as a faint, diffuse ball of stars.
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E.
Messier 14
Messier 14 is a bright globular star cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus, composed of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars densely packed together.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | globular star cluster ⓘ |
| age | about 11–13 billion years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
47 Tuc
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caldwell 106 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 104 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularDiameter | about 30 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 4.0 ⓘ |
| brighterOnlyThan | Omega Centauri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| CaldwellNumber | C106 ⓘ |
| catalog |
Caldwell catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | NGC 104 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constellation | Tucana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
X-ray binaries
ⓘ
blue straggler stars ⓘ horizontal branch stars ⓘ millisecond pulsars ⓘ red giant branch stars ⓘ white dwarfs ⓘ |
| coreRadius | about 0.5 parsecs ⓘ |
| declination | −72° 05′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1751–1752 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 13,000 light-years
ⓘ
about 4,000 parsecs ⓘ |
| galacticComponent | Galactic halo ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | about −44° ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | about 305° ⓘ |
| halfLightRadius | about 3.2 parsecs ⓘ |
| hemisphereVisibility | best seen from Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| lineOfSightNear | Small Magellanic Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Milky Way ⓘ |
| mass | about 10^6 solar masses ⓘ |
| metallicity[Fe/H] | about -0.7 ⓘ |
| numberOfKnownMillisecondPulsars | over 20 ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Chandra X-ray Observatory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Very Large Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rankByBrightness | second-brightest globular cluster in the sky ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 00h 24m ⓘ |
| skyRegion | Small Magellanic Cloud region of the sky ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness | very high ⓘ |
| usedForStudyOf |
binary star evolution
ⓘ
dynamics of dense stellar systems ⓘ millisecond pulsar populations ⓘ stellar evolution ⓘ |
| visibility | naked-eye object under dark southern skies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 47 Tucanae Description of subject: 47 Tucanae is a massive, bright globular star cluster in the constellation Tucana, notable as one of the closest and most studied such clusters in the Milky Way.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tucana
subject surface form:
Tucana
subject surface form:
47 Tucanae
this entity surface form:
NGC 104
subject surface form:
47 Tucanae
this entity surface form:
47 Tuc
subject surface form:
47 Tucanae
this entity surface form:
NGC 104
this entity surface form:
47 Tucanae (as a notable southern cluster)