A3526
E610636
A3526 is a massive galaxy cluster in the constellation Centaurus, notable as one of the nearest and most studied rich clusters of galaxies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A3526 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6697759 — 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: A3526 Context triple: [Centaurus Cluster, catalogCode, A3526]
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A352
A352 is a French autoroute serving as a short connector route in the Grand Est region, linking the A35 motorway to local destinations near Strasbourg.
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B.
A35
A35 is a major French motorway in the Alsace region that runs north–south near the German border, connecting cities such as Strasbourg and Mulhouse.
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C.
A36
A36 is a French autoroute designation for a major motorway connecting the regions of eastern France and linking important cities and transport corridors.
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D.
A359
A359 is the ICAO aircraft type designator for the Airbus A350-900, a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner used primarily for international passenger flights.
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E.
A32
A32 is an Australian state highway route designation assigned to the Mitchell Highway and associated connecting roads.
- 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: A3526 Target entity description: A3526 is a massive galaxy cluster in the constellation Centaurus, notable as one of the nearest and most studied rich clusters of galaxies.
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A.
A352
A352 is a French autoroute serving as a short connector route in the Grand Est region, linking the A35 motorway to local destinations near Strasbourg.
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B.
A35
A35 is a major French motorway in the Alsace region that runs north–south near the German border, connecting cities such as Strasbourg and Mulhouse.
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C.
A36
A36 is a French autoroute designation for a major motorway connecting the regions of eastern France and linking important cities and transport corridors.
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D.
A359
A359 is the ICAO aircraft type designator for the Airbus A350-900, a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner used primarily for international passenger flights.
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E.
A32
A32 is an Australian state highway route designation assigned to the Mitchell Highway and associated connecting roads.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Abell galaxy cluster
ⓘ
galaxy cluster ⓘ rich galaxy cluster ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Abell 3526
NERFINISHED
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Centaurus Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize | large apparent size on the sky due to proximity ⓘ |
| baryonContent | significant fraction in hot intracluster gas ⓘ |
| catalog | Abell catalog of rich clusters of galaxies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralGalaxy | NGC 4696 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralRegionDominatedBy | giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4696 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clusterType |
X-ray bright cluster
ⓘ
massive cluster ⓘ nearby cluster ⓘ |
| constellation | Centaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
intracluster medium emitting X-rays
ⓘ
large population of elliptical galaxies ⓘ large population of lenticular galaxies ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | George O. Abell (as part of the Abell catalog) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 160 million light-years
ⓘ
approximately 50 Mpc ⓘ |
| dynamicalState | not fully relaxed, shows subcluster mergers ⓘ |
| environment | dense cluster environment ⓘ |
| galaxyPopulation | dominance of early-type galaxies ⓘ |
| hasCoolingCore | yes (cool-core cluster characteristics) ⓘ |
| hasGravitationalLensing | weak lensing signatures detected ⓘ |
| hasSubstructure |
complex subclustering in galaxy distribution
ⓘ
multiple galaxy subgroups ⓘ |
| intraclusterMediumTemperature | several keV ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| mass | on the order of 10^14–10^15 solar masses ⓘ |
| memberOf | Shapley Supercluster region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | Bautz–Morgan type I–II (often classified as I) cluster ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the most studied galaxy clusters
ⓘ
being one of the nearest rich clusters of galaxies ⓘ |
| observedIn |
X-ray wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ radio wavelengths ⓘ |
| redshift | 0.0104 ⓘ |
| richnessClass | rich cluster ⓘ |
| usedAs | benchmark system for nearby cluster studies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
calibration of scaling relations for nearby clusters
ⓘ
studies of cluster dynamics ⓘ studies of galaxy evolution in clusters ⓘ studies of intracluster medium physics ⓘ |
| velocityDispersion | on the order of 800–1000 km/s ⓘ |
| xRayEmission | peaked toward cluster center ⓘ |
| xRayLuminosity | high ⓘ |
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: A3526 Description of subject: A3526 is a massive galaxy cluster in the constellation Centaurus, notable as one of the nearest and most studied rich clusters of galaxies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.