NGC 4579
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NGC 4579 is a barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus located in the constellation Virgo and associated with the Virgo Cluster.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 4579 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5410459 — 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 4579 Context triple: [Virgo Cluster, containsGalaxy, NGC 4579]
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A.
NGC 4609
NGC 4609 is an open star cluster located in the southern constellation Centaurus, notable for its relatively young stellar population.
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B.
NGC 4569
NGC 4569 is a bright, gas-stripped spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster notable for its unusually low star formation and strong nuclear activity.
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C.
NGC 4535
NGC 4535 is a large, face-on barred spiral galaxy notable for its well-defined spiral arms and location in the constellation Virgo.
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D.
NGC 4725
NGC 4725 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, notable for having only one prominent spiral arm.
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E.
NGC 4548
NGC 4548 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
- 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 4579 Target entity description: NGC 4579 is a barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus located in the constellation Virgo and associated with the Virgo Cluster.
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A.
NGC 4609
NGC 4609 is an open star cluster located in the southern constellation Centaurus, notable for its relatively young stellar population.
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B.
NGC 4569
NGC 4569 is a bright, gas-stripped spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster notable for its unusually low star formation and strong nuclear activity.
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C.
NGC 4535
NGC 4535 is a large, face-on barred spiral galaxy notable for its well-defined spiral arms and location in the constellation Virgo.
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D.
NGC 4725
NGC 4725 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, notable for having only one prominent spiral arm.
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E.
NGC 4548
NGC 4548 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LINER galaxy
ⓘ
Seyfert galaxy ⓘ active galaxy ⓘ barred spiral galaxy ⓘ |
| catalog | New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | William Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 15 April 1779 ⓘ |
| hasActiveGalacticNucleus | yes ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
M58
NERFINISHED
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Messier 58 NERFINISHED ⓘ PGC 42168 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 7796 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAngularSize | 5.9 × 4.7 arcminutes ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV | 10.5 ⓘ |
| hasBar | yes ⓘ |
| hasCentralBulge | prominent ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateEpoch | J2000 ⓘ |
| hasDeclination | +11° 49′ 05″ ⓘ |
| hasDistanceFromEarth | ~60 million light-years ⓘ |
| hasDustLanes | yes ⓘ |
| hasEstimatedBlackHoleMass | ~5×10^7 solar masses ⓘ |
| hasGalaxyColor | intermediate ⓘ |
| hasGalaxyType | intermediate barred spiral ⓘ |
| hasHostClusterEnvironment | rich galaxy cluster ⓘ |
| hasHubbleType | SABb ⓘ |
| hasInclination | moderate ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | SAB(rs)b ⓘ |
| hasNuclearActivityType |
LINER
ⓘ
Seyfert 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNuclearOutflows | yes ⓘ |
| hasNuclearRing | yes ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity | 1519 km/s ⓘ |
| hasRedshift | 0.00506 ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension | 12h 37m 43s ⓘ |
| hasSpiralArms | yes ⓘ |
| hasStarFormation | moderate ⓘ |
| hasSupermassiveBlackHole | yes ⓘ |
| includedInCatalogue |
Messier Catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Uppsala General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInSupercluster | Virgo Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNearbyTo |
NGC 4569
NERFINISHED
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NGC 4596 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Virgo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedInWavelength |
X-ray
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optical ⓘ radio ⓘ |
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 4579 Description of subject: NGC 4579 is a barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus located in the constellation Virgo and associated with the Virgo Cluster.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.