GC 4244
E918815
GC 4244 is a globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, better known as Messier 13 (the Great Hercules Cluster), one of the brightest and most prominent globular clusters in the northern sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GC 4244 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11317270 — 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: GC 4244 Context triple: [NGC 6205, hasOtherDesignation, GC 4244]
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A.
Gargan
Gargan is a surname most notably associated with Joseph Gargan, a lawyer and cousin of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy who was involved in the events surrounding the Chappaquiddick incident.
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B.
La Cloche Silhouette Trail
La Cloche Silhouette Trail is a challenging multi-day backpacking loop in Ontario renowned for its rugged terrain, quartzite ridges, and scenic lake and forest vistas.
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C.
Spyglass Hill
Spyglass Hill is a residential neighborhood and hillside community located within the Puente Hills of Southern California, known for its elevated views and suburban setting.
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D.
Guyra
Guyra is a small rural town in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its cool climate and agricultural production.
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E.
Currahee
Currahee is the distinctive motto associated with the 506th Infantry Regiment and later units of the 101st Airborne Division, symbolizing their independence and readiness to stand alone in combat.
- 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: GC 4244 Target entity description: GC 4244 is a globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, better known as Messier 13 (the Great Hercules Cluster), one of the brightest and most prominent globular clusters in the northern sky.
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A.
Gargan
Gargan is a surname most notably associated with Joseph Gargan, a lawyer and cousin of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy who was involved in the events surrounding the Chappaquiddick incident.
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B.
La Cloche Silhouette Trail
La Cloche Silhouette Trail is a challenging multi-day backpacking loop in Ontario renowned for its rugged terrain, quartzite ridges, and scenic lake and forest vistas.
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C.
Spyglass Hill
Spyglass Hill is a residential neighborhood and hillside community located within the Puente Hills of Southern California, known for its elevated views and suburban setting.
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D.
Guyra
Guyra is a small rural town in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its cool climate and agricultural production.
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E.
Currahee
Currahee is the distinctive motto associated with the 506th Infantry Regiment and later units of the 101st Airborne Division, symbolizing their independence and readiness to stand alone in combat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deep-sky object
ⓘ
globular star cluster ⓘ |
| age_Gyr | ~11.5 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Hercules Cluster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
M13 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularDiameter_arcmin | ~20 ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 5.8 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenFrom | northern hemisphere ⓘ |
| bestViewingSeason | northern summer ⓘ |
| catalogCode |
GC 4244
ⓘ
M 13 ⓘ NGC 6205 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern ⓘ |
| coreCollapsed | no ⓘ |
| declination_J2000 | +36° 28′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Edmond Halley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1714 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_kpc | ~6.8 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_ly | ~22000 ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude_deg | +40.9 ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude_deg | 59.0 ⓘ |
| hasBlueStragglerStars | yes ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInCatalog |
General Catalogue (GC)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Messier catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAmongBrightestNorthernGlobulars | yes ⓘ |
| isNonStellarObject | yes ⓘ |
| isProminentGlobularCluster | yes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Milky Way
ⓘ
Milky Way halo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass_solarMasses | ~6×10^5 ⓘ |
| metallicity_Fe_H | about −1.5 ⓘ |
| numberOfStars | several hundred thousand ⓘ |
| observedWith | amateur telescopes ⓘ |
| rightAscension_J2000 | 16h 41m ⓘ |
| spectralTypeDominant | old, metal-poor stars ⓘ |
| visibleToNakedEye | yes ⓘ |
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: GC 4244 Description of subject: GC 4244 is a globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, better known as Messier 13 (the Great Hercules Cluster), one of the brightest and most prominent globular clusters in the northern sky.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.