Melotte 88
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Melotte 88 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, better known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Melotte 88 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6175226 — 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: Melotte 88 Context triple: [Praesepe, hasAlternativeName, Melotte 88]
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A.
Melotte 22
Melotte 22 is an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, more commonly known as the Pleiades or Seven Sisters, famed for its bright, blue-hot stars and visibility to the naked eye.
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B.
Melotte 15
Melotte 15 is a young, massive open star cluster embedded within the Heart Nebula, whose hot, luminous stars sculpt the surrounding interstellar gas and dust.
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C.
Melotte 13 and Melotte 14
Melotte 13 and Melotte 14 are the two open star clusters in the constellation Perseus collectively known as the Double Cluster, notable for their rich, young stellar populations and striking appearance in the night sky.
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D.
Jewel Box cluster
The Jewel Box cluster is a bright and colorful open star cluster in the constellation Crux, renowned for its striking mix of blue and red stars visible even in small telescopes.
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E.
Caldwell 49
Caldwell 49 is a large, bright emission nebula and star-forming region in the constellation Monoceros, popularly known as the Rosette Nebula.
- 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: Melotte 88 Target entity description: Melotte 88 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, better known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe.
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A.
Melotte 22
Melotte 22 is an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, more commonly known as the Pleiades or Seven Sisters, famed for its bright, blue-hot stars and visibility to the naked eye.
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B.
Melotte 15
Melotte 15 is a young, massive open star cluster embedded within the Heart Nebula, whose hot, luminous stars sculpt the surrounding interstellar gas and dust.
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C.
Melotte 13 and Melotte 14
Melotte 13 and Melotte 14 are the two open star clusters in the constellation Perseus collectively known as the Double Cluster, notable for their rich, young stellar populations and striking appearance in the night sky.
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D.
Jewel Box cluster
The Jewel Box cluster is a bright and colorful open star cluster in the constellation Crux, renowned for its striking mix of blue and red stars visible even in small telescopes.
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E.
Caldwell 49
Caldwell 49 is a large, bright emission nebula and star-forming region in the constellation Monoceros, popularly known as the Rosette Nebula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | open star cluster ⓘ |
| age_Myr | about 600 ⓘ |
| angularSize_arcmin | about 95 ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 3.7 ⓘ |
| appearsAs | nebulous patch to naked eye ⓘ |
| bestObservedWith |
binoculars
ⓘ
small telescope ⓘ |
| bestSeenFromHemisphere | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Melotte catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Messier catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsObjectType |
main-sequence stars
ⓘ
red giant stars ⓘ |
| declination_J2000 | +19° 40′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | ancient astronomers ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_ly | about 577 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_pc | about 177 ⓘ |
| eclipticProximity | lies near the ecliptic ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude_deg | +32 ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude_deg | 205 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Beehive Cluster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
M44 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 44 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2632 NERFINISHED ⓘ Praesepe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateStarCount | several hundred members ⓘ |
| hasClusterType | intermediate-age open cluster ⓘ |
| hasCoreRadius_pc | about 3 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Beehive appearance in modern astronomy
ⓘ
Praesepe (manger) in classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
one of the nearest open clusters to Earth
ⓘ
rich in member stars ⓘ |
| hasTidalRadius_pc | about 12 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | constellation Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | local spiral arm of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| observedSince | antiquity ⓘ |
| partOf | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightAscension_J2000 | 08h 40m ⓘ |
| usedFor |
distance scale calibration
ⓘ
stellar evolution studies ⓘ |
| visibleInSeason |
late winter
ⓘ
spring ⓘ |
| visibleToNakedEye | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Melotte 88 Description of subject: Melotte 88 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, better known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.