Shaula
E472722
B-type main-sequence star
B-type subgiant star
astronomical object
multiple star system
pre-main-sequence star
star system visible to the naked eye
stellar system
Shaula is a bright multiple-star system marking the stinger of the constellation Scorpius and is one of the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shaula canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4835410 — 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: Shaula Context triple: [Scorpius, containsStar, Shaula]
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A.
Eta Serpentis
Eta Serpentis is a bright K-type giant star located in the tail region of the constellation Serpens.
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B.
Canopus
Canopus was an ancient Egyptian coastal city near modern-day Alexandria, known as a major religious center and sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Isis.
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C.
Epsilon Crucis
Epsilon Crucis is a bright star in the Southern Cross constellation, prominently featured on the Australian national flag.
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D.
Mu Serpentis
Mu Serpentis is a relatively bright A-type main-sequence star located in the tail region of the constellation Serpens.
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E.
Epsilon Sagittarii
Epsilon Sagittarii is a prominent binary star system in the constellation Sagittarius, notable as one of its most luminous and easily visible stars.
- 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: Shaula Target entity description: Shaula is a bright multiple-star system marking the stinger of the constellation Scorpius and is one of the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye.
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A.
Eta Serpentis
Eta Serpentis is a bright K-type giant star located in the tail region of the constellation Serpens.
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B.
Canopus
Canopus was an ancient Egyptian coastal city near modern-day Alexandria, known as a major religious center and sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Isis.
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C.
Epsilon Crucis
Epsilon Crucis is a bright star in the Southern Cross constellation, prominently featured on the Australian national flag.
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D.
Mu Serpentis
Mu Serpentis is a relatively bright A-type main-sequence star located in the tail region of the constellation Serpens.
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E.
Epsilon Sagittarii
Epsilon Sagittarii is a prominent binary star system in the constellation Sagittarius, notable as one of its most luminous and easily visible stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
B-type main-sequence star
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B-type subgiant star ⓘ astronomical object ⓘ multiple star system ⓘ pre-main-sequence star ⓘ star system visible to the naked eye ⓘ stellar system ⓘ |
| catalogIdentifier |
HD 158926
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HIP 86228 NERFINISHED ⓘ HR 6508 NERFINISHED ⓘ SAO 208955 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAge_Myr | about 10 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Lambda Scorpii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitude | about 1.6 ⓘ |
| hasBayerDesignation | λ Scorpii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColorIndexBMinusV | about −0.23 ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Shaula A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shaula B NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaula C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDeclination_J2000 | −37° 06′ 13″ (approx) ⓘ |
| hasDistanceFromEarth_ly | about 570 ⓘ |
| hasDistanceFromEarth_pc | about 174 ⓘ |
| hasEffectiveTemperature_K | about 25,000 ⓘ |
| hasFlamsteedDesignation | 12 Scorpii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGalacticLatitude_deg | about +9 ⓘ |
| hasGalacticLongitude_deg | about 351 ⓘ |
| hasLuminosity_solar | about 36,000 ⓘ |
| hasMass_solar | about 14 ⓘ |
| hasMultiplicity | triple system ⓘ |
| hasParallax_mas | about 5.75 ⓘ |
| hasPeakVisibilitySeason | northern summer ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity_kmPerS | about −3 ⓘ |
| hasRadius_solar | about 8 ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension_J2000 | 17h 33m 36s (approx) ⓘ |
| hasSpectralType |
B2 IV
ⓘ
B2 V ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalNameOrigin | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasVariableType | Beta Cephei-type candidate ⓘ |
| isAmong | most luminous stars visible to the naked eye ⓘ |
| isBrightestRankInConstellation | second-brightest star in Scorpius ⓘ |
| isPartOfAsterism | tail of the Scorpion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isVariableStar | true ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Scorpius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marksFeatureOfConstellation | stinger of Scorpius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Scorpius–Centaurus association
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Scorpius subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | "the raised (tail)" or "the stinger" ⓘ |
| visibleFromHemisphere |
Southern Hemisphere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
low southern sky of Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
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: Shaula Description of subject: Shaula is a bright multiple-star system marking the stinger of the constellation Scorpius and is one of the most luminous stars visible to the naked eye.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.