Gamma Capricorni
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Gamma Capricorni is a relatively bright star in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye and used as a reference point in that region of the night sky.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gamma Capricorni canonical | 1 |
| γ Capricorni | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2233497 — 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: Gamma Capricorni Context triple: [Capricornus, notableStar, Gamma Capricorni]
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A.
Delta Capricorni
Delta Capricorni is a multiple star system in the constellation Capricornus, notable as its most luminous star and commonly known by the traditional name Deneb Algedi.
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B.
Beta Capricorni
Beta Capricorni is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye and often used as a reference point in the southern sky.
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C.
Alpha Capricorni
Alpha Capricorni is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye as a single star but actually composed of two widely separated components.
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D.
Gamma Crucis
Gamma Crucis is a bright red giant star in the constellation Crux, prominently visible as one of the main stars forming the Southern Cross.
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E.
Epsilon Crucis
Epsilon Crucis is a bright star in the Southern Cross constellation, prominently featured on the Australian national flag.
- 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: Gamma Capricorni Target entity description: Gamma Capricorni is a relatively bright star in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye and used as a reference point in that region of the night sky.
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A.
Delta Capricorni
Delta Capricorni is a multiple star system in the constellation Capricornus, notable as its most luminous star and commonly known by the traditional name Deneb Algedi.
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B.
Beta Capricorni
Beta Capricorni is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye and often used as a reference point in the southern sky.
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C.
Alpha Capricorni
Alpha Capricorni is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye as a single star but actually composed of two widely separated components.
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D.
Gamma Crucis
Gamma Crucis is a bright red giant star in the constellation Crux, prominently visible as one of the main stars forming the Southern Cross.
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E.
Epsilon Crucis
Epsilon Crucis is a bright star in the Southern Cross constellation, prominently featured on the Australian national flag.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
ⓘ
star ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitude | approximately 3.7 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | stellar population of the solar neighborhood ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn | late summer and autumn from northern hemisphere ⓘ |
| brightnessRankInCapricornus | among the brighter stars of Capricornus ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation |
Gamma Cap
ⓘ
Gamma Capricorni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
γ Capricorni
|
| color | orange ⓘ |
| colorIndexBMinusV | approximately +1.0 ⓘ |
| constellation | Capricornus ⓘ |
| declination | approximately −16° 39′ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 139 light-years
ⓘ
approximately 43 parsecs ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem |
International Celestial Reference System
ⓘ
surface form:
ICRS
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| evolutionaryStage | evolved giant ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | thin disk star ⓘ |
| hasApparentBrightness | relatively bright compared to surrounding field stars in Capricornus ⓘ |
| hemisphereVisibility | both northern and southern hemispheres ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Milky Way
ⓘ
surface form:
Milky Way galaxy
|
| locationInSky | ecliptic region ⓘ |
| luminosityClass | giant star ⓘ |
| observedBy | ground-based optical telescopes ⓘ |
| parallax | approximately 23 milliarcseconds ⓘ |
| partOf |
Capricornus
ⓘ
surface form:
zodiacal constellation Capricornus
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| photosphericTemperature | cool star temperature compared to the Sun ⓘ |
| properMotionDec | small negative proper motion in declination ⓘ |
| properMotionRA | small positive proper motion in right ascension ⓘ |
| rightAscension | approximately 21h 40m ⓘ |
| spectralType | K0III ⓘ |
| usedAs | reference point in the constellation Capricornus ⓘ |
| usedFor | orientation within the constellation Capricornus ⓘ |
| usedIn | celestial navigation as a reference star ⓘ |
| variability | not known as a prominent variable star ⓘ |
| visibleTo | naked eye ⓘ |
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: Gamma Capricorni Description of subject: Gamma Capricorni is a relatively bright star in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye and used as a reference point in that region of the night sky.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Capricornus
this entity surface form:
γ Capricorni