M96 Group
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The M96 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Leo, notable for including the bright spiral galaxy Messier 96 and being part of the larger Leo I Group within the Virgo Supercluster.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| M96 Group canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6016014 — 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: M96 Group Context triple: [Virgo Supercluster, contains, M96 Group]
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A.
M81 Group
The M81 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major, dominated by the large spiral galaxy Messier 81 and known for its interacting members and active star formation.
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B.
Centaurus Cluster
The Centaurus Cluster is a massive, nearby galaxy cluster in the constellation Centaurus, notable for its rich population of galaxies and role as a major mass concentration within the local universe.
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C.
Centaurus A/M83 Group
The Centaurus A/M83 Group is a nearby galaxy group dominated by the massive galaxies Centaurus A and Messier 83, forming one of the closest large-scale neighbors to our own galactic neighborhood.
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D.
M66 Group
The M66 Group is a small nearby galaxy group in the constellation Leo, best known for containing the bright spiral galaxy Messier 66 and its interacting companions.
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E.
Virgo Cluster
The Virgo Cluster is a massive, nearby galaxy cluster that serves as the central, dominant concentration of galaxies in our local region of the universe.
- 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: M96 Group Target entity description: The M96 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Leo, notable for including the bright spiral galaxy Messier 96 and being part of the larger Leo I Group within the Virgo Supercluster.
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A.
M81 Group
The M81 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major, dominated by the large spiral galaxy Messier 81 and known for its interacting members and active star formation.
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B.
Centaurus Cluster
The Centaurus Cluster is a massive, nearby galaxy cluster in the constellation Centaurus, notable for its rich population of galaxies and role as a major mass concentration within the local universe.
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C.
Centaurus A/M83 Group
The Centaurus A/M83 Group is a nearby galaxy group dominated by the massive galaxies Centaurus A and Messier 83, forming one of the closest large-scale neighbors to our own galactic neighborhood.
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D.
M66 Group
The M66 Group is a small nearby galaxy group in the constellation Leo, best known for containing the bright spiral galaxy Messier 66 and its interacting companions.
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E.
Virgo Cluster
The Virgo Cluster is a massive, nearby galaxy cluster that serves as the central, dominant concentration of galaxies in our local region of the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
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galaxy group ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Leo I Group (M96 subgroup) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsGalaxy |
Messier 105
NERFINISHED
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Messier 95 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 96 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 3357 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 3377 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 3384 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 3389 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 3412 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 3489 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 5889 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 5960 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 5979 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 5982 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6003 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6032 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6039 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6061 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6083 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6100 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6123 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6145 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6151 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6160 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6171 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6187 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6200 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6215 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6223 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6230 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6240 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6253 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6265 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6277 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6283 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6296 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6307 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6320 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6332 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6341 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6351 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6360 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6370 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6380 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6390 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6400 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6410 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6420 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 6430 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | various astronomers over 18th–20th centuries ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 11 million parsecs
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approximately 36 million light-years ⓘ |
| hasBrightestMember | Messier 96 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDeclination | approximately +12° ⓘ |
| hasNotableGalaxyType |
barred spiral galaxy (Messier 95)
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elliptical galaxy (Messier 105) ⓘ spiral galaxy (Messier 96) ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension | approximately 10h 45m ⓘ |
| isNearbyTo | Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Leo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Volume ⓘ |
| partOf |
Leo I Group
NERFINISHED
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Virgo Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| redshift | approximately 0.003 ⓘ |
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: M96 Group Description of subject: The M96 Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Leo, notable for including the bright spiral galaxy Messier 96 and being part of the larger Leo I Group within the Virgo Supercluster.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.