NGC 4435
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NGC 4435 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo, notable for forming an interacting pair with the nearby galaxy NGC 4438.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 4435 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5410470 — 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 4435 Context triple: [Virgo Cluster, containsGalaxy, NGC 4435]
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A.
NGC 4639
NGC 4639 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo that hosts an active galactic nucleus and lies on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster.
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B.
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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C.
NGC 4459
NGC 4459 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Virgo constellation and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
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D.
NGC 4387
NGC 4387 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
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E.
NGC 4406
NGC 4406, also known as Messier 86, is a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo and one of the prominent members 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 4435 Target entity description: NGC 4435 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo, notable for forming an interacting pair with the nearby galaxy NGC 4438.
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A.
NGC 4639
NGC 4639 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo that hosts an active galactic nucleus and lies on the outskirts of the Virgo Cluster.
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B.
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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C.
NGC 4459
NGC 4459 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Virgo constellation and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
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D.
NGC 4387
NGC 4387 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
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E.
NGC 4406
NGC 4406, also known as Messier 86, is a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo and one of the prominent members of the Virgo Cluster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
galaxy
ⓘ
lenticular galaxy ⓘ |
| angularSize | ~3.9 × 3.2 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | ~10.8 ⓘ |
| belongsToSupercluster | Virgo Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn | spring ⓘ |
| catalog | New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogCode | NGC 4435 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constellation | Virgo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declination | +13° 04′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | William Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1784-01-08 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
~15 Mpc
ⓘ
~50 million light-years ⓘ |
| environment | cluster environment ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem | J2000 ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | +74° (approximate) ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 283° (approximate) ⓘ |
| galaxyType | barred lenticular galaxy ⓘ |
| hasBar | yes ⓘ |
| hasDustFeatures | yes ⓘ |
| hasStarFormation | low ⓘ |
| hemisphere | Northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| hostCluster | Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interactsWith | NGC 4438 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Eyes Galaxies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | SB0 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interacting pair with NGC 4438
ⓘ
member of The Eyes in Virgo Cluster ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
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optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| otherDesignation |
PGC 40862
NERFINISHED
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UGC 7574 NERFINISHED ⓘ VCC 1030 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Markarian’s Chain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | ~1040 km/s ⓘ |
| redshift | 0.0035 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 12h 27m 40s ⓘ |
| separationFromNGC4438 | ~5 arcminutes ⓘ |
| skyLocation | near the center of the Virgo Cluster ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness | high ⓘ |
| visibleWith | amateur telescopes ⓘ |
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 4435 Description of subject: NGC 4435 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo, notable for forming an interacting pair with the nearby galaxy NGC 4438.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.