Carina I
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Carina I is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located in the constellation Carina.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carina I canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5406919 — 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: Carina I Context triple: [Carina Dwarf Galaxy, hasAlternativeName, Carina I]
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A.
Shaula
Shaula is a bright multiple-star system marking the stinger of the constellation Scorpius and is one of the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye.
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B.
Alcyone
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
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C.
Carina
Carina is a prominent southern constellation best known for containing Canopus, the second-brightest star in the night sky.
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D.
Carina
Carina is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with meanings like “beloved” or “dear.”
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E.
Aludra
Aludra is a bright blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, known for its high luminosity and relatively short remaining lifespan.
- 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: Carina I Target entity description: Carina I is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located in the constellation Carina.
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A.
Shaula
Shaula is a bright multiple-star system marking the stinger of the constellation Scorpius and is one of the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye.
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B.
Alcyone
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
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C.
Carina
Carina is a prominent southern constellation best known for containing Canopus, the second-brightest star in the night sky.
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D.
Carina
Carina is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with meanings like “beloved” or “dear.”
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E.
Aludra
Aludra is a bright blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major, known for its high luminosity and relatively short remaining lifespan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | -9.3 ⓘ |
| angularSize_arcmin | 28 × 17 ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 11.3 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Milky Way halo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
RR Lyrae variable stars
ⓘ
horizontal branch stars ⓘ red giant branch stars ⓘ |
| containsDarkMatter | true ⓘ |
| declination | −50° 57′ 58″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
G. de Vaucouleurs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kenneth C. Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ M. M. Harding NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert G. Cannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_kpc | 100 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_ly | 330000 ⓘ |
| galaxyType | dwarf spheroidal ⓘ |
| halfLightRadius_arcmin | 8.8 ⓘ |
| halfLightRadius_pc | 250 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Carina Dwarf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlobularClusters | false ⓘ |
| hasLowSurfaceBrightness | true ⓘ |
| isFaint | true ⓘ |
| isGasPoor | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Milky Way dwarf spheroidal system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isResolvedIntoIndividualStars | true ⓘ |
| isVisibleFrom | Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Carina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metallicity_FeH | -1.7 ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | dSph ⓘ |
| radialVelocity_kmPerSec | 224 ⓘ |
| redshift_z | 0.000224 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 06h 41m 36s ⓘ |
| satelliteOf | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| showsMultipleStarFormationEpisodes | true ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation |
intermediate-age
ⓘ
old ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness_V_magPerArcsec2 | 25.5 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
studies of dark matter in dwarf galaxies
ⓘ
studies of resolved stellar populations ⓘ |
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: Carina I Description of subject: Carina I is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located in the constellation Carina.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.