Messier 92
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Messier 92 is a bright, ancient globular star cluster located in the constellation Hercules, notable for its high stellar density and visibility even in small telescopes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Messier 92 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11376967 — 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: Messier 92 Context triple: [Hercules, contains, Messier 92]
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A.
Messier 55
Messier 55 is a large, relatively loose globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, visible in small telescopes as a faint, diffuse ball of stars.
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B.
Messier 14
Messier 14 is a bright globular star cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus, composed of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars densely packed together.
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C.
Messier 69
Messier 69 is a dense, metal-rich globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius near the center of the Milky Way.
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D.
Messier 13
Messier 13 is a prominent globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, renowned as one of the brightest and most studied such clusters in the northern sky.
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E.
Messier 54
Messier 54 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for being one of the first globular clusters found to belong to a dwarf galaxy outside the Milky Way.
- 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: Messier 92 Target entity description: Messier 92 is a bright, ancient globular star cluster located in the constellation Hercules, notable for its high stellar density and visibility even in small telescopes.
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A.
Messier 55
Messier 55 is a large, relatively loose globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, visible in small telescopes as a faint, diffuse ball of stars.
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B.
Messier 14
Messier 14 is a bright globular star cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus, composed of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars densely packed together.
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C.
Messier 69
Messier 69 is a dense, metal-rich globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius near the center of the Milky Way.
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D.
Messier 13
Messier 13 is a prominent globular star cluster in the constellation Hercules, renowned as one of the brightest and most studied such clusters in the northern sky.
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E.
Messier 54
Messier 54 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for being one of the first globular clusters found to belong to a dwarf galaxy outside the Milky Way.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Messier object
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deep-sky object ⓘ globular star cluster ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | −8.2 ⓘ |
| age |
about 13 billion years
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on the order of the age of the Universe ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M92
NERFINISHED
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NGC 6341 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize | 14 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 6.3 ⓘ |
| belongsToCatalogue |
Messier Catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedBy | Charles Messier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueEntryDate | 1781 ⓘ |
| concentrationClass | Class IV globular cluster ⓘ |
| contains | RR Lyrae variable stars ⓘ |
| coreRadius | about 1.2 light-years ⓘ |
| declination | +43° 08′ 11″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Johann Elert Bode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1777 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 26,700 light-years
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about 8.2 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| epoch | J2000 ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | +34.9° ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 68.3° ⓘ |
| halfLightRadius | about 5.5 light-years ⓘ |
| heliocentricRadialVelocity | about −120 km/s ⓘ |
| horizontalBranchMorphology | blue horizontal branch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galactic halo
NERFINISHED
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Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass | about 3×10^5 solar masses ⓘ |
| metallicityClass | very metal-poor ⓘ |
| metallicityFeH | about −2.3 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
high central stellar density
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one of the oldest known globular clusters in the Milky Way ⓘ very low metallicity ⓘ |
| observedIn |
X-ray wavelengths
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infrared wavelengths ⓘ optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| orbitalType | highly eccentric orbit around the Milky Way ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 17h 17m 07.3s ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | Population II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness | high ⓘ |
| tidalRadius | about 54 light-years ⓘ |
| visibility |
marginally visible to the naked eye under very dark skies
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visible in small telescopes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Messier 92 Description of subject: Messier 92 is a bright, ancient globular star cluster located in the constellation Hercules, notable for its high stellar density and visibility even in small telescopes.
Referenced by (1)
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