NGC 6712
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NGC 6712 is a globular star cluster located in the constellation Scutum, notable for its relatively low concentration and signs of tidal disruption by the Milky Way.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 6712 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4943657 — 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 6712 Context triple: [Scutum, contains, NGC 6712]
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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 6611
NGC 6611 is a young, massive open star cluster embedded within the Eagle Nebula, notable for illuminating and shaping its surrounding interstellar gas and dust.
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C.
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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D.
NGC 6664
NGC 6664 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Scutum, notable for its grouping of young stars within the Milky Way.
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E.
NGC 6656
NGC 6656 is a bright globular star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, notable as one of the closest and most easily observed globular clusters from Earth.
- 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 6712 Target entity description: NGC 6712 is a globular star cluster located in the constellation Scutum, notable for its relatively low concentration and signs of tidal disruption by the Milky Way.
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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 6611
NGC 6611 is a young, massive open star cluster embedded within the Eagle Nebula, notable for illuminating and shaping its surrounding interstellar gas and dust.
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C.
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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D.
NGC 6664
NGC 6664 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Scutum, notable for its grouping of young stars within the Milky Way.
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E.
NGC 6656
NGC 6656 is a bright globular star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, notable as one of the closest and most easily observed globular clusters from Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | globular cluster ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | about −7.5 ⓘ |
| affectedBy | Milky Way tidal field ⓘ |
| age | ~12 billion years ⓘ |
| angularSize | 7.2 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 8.69 ⓘ |
| appearsAs | diffuse globular cluster ⓘ |
| bestObservationSeason | summer ⓘ |
| bestSeenFromHemisphere | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogCode | NGC 6712 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concentration | low ⓘ |
| contains |
X-ray sources
ⓘ
blue straggler stars ⓘ variable stars ⓘ |
| coreConcentration | low ⓘ |
| declination | −08° 42′ 22″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | William Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1784-06-16 ⓘ |
| discoveryInstrument | reflecting telescope ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
~22,500 light-years
ⓘ
~6.9 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateEpoch | J2000 ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | −4.3 degrees ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 25.35 degrees ⓘ |
| hasColorExcessEBV | ~0.45 ⓘ |
| hasCoreCollapse | no ⓘ |
| hasTidalTails | yes ⓘ |
| interstellarExtinction | moderate ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Scutum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | inner Milky Way halo ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Scutum Star Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass | ~10^5 solar masses ⓘ |
| memberOf | Milky Way globular cluster system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metallicityClass | metal-poor ⓘ |
| metallicityFeH | −1.01 ⓘ |
| observedIn |
X-ray wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| otherDesignation |
C 1851-084
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
GCl 104 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 18h 53m 04.3s ⓘ |
| ShapleySawyerConcentrationClass | IX ⓘ |
| showsEvidenceOf | tidal disruption ⓘ |
| showsSignOf | mass loss ⓘ |
| skyLocation | near the Scutum–Aquila region ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | Population II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visibleWith | small telescope ⓘ |
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: NGC 6712 Description of subject: NGC 6712 is a globular star cluster located in the constellation Scutum, notable for its relatively low concentration and signs of tidal disruption by the Milky Way.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Scutum