Reticulum
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Reticulum is a small, faint southern constellation named after a reticle or net, located near the Large Magellanic Cloud.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reticulum canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4943481 — 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: Reticulum Context triple: [Dorado, borderedBy, Reticulum]
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A.
Microscopium
Microscopium is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, representing a microscope and introduced in the 18th century by the astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille.
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B.
Corona Borealis
Corona Borealis is a small but distinctive northern constellation known for its semicircular arc of stars, often associated in mythology with Ariadne’s crown.
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C.
Scuti
Scuti is the Latin genitive form of Scutum, used in astronomy to denote stars belonging to the constellation Scutum.
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D.
Telescopium
Telescopium is a small, faint southern constellation introduced in the 18th century and named after the telescope.
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E.
Corona Australis
Corona Australis is a small, southern constellation near the Milky Way, notable for its distinctive arc of stars and associated dark molecular cloud complex rich in star formation.
- 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: Reticulum Target entity description: Reticulum is a small, faint southern constellation named after a reticle or net, located near the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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A.
Microscopium
Microscopium is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, representing a microscope and introduced in the 18th century by the astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille.
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B.
Corona Borealis
Corona Borealis is a small but distinctive northern constellation known for its semicircular arc of stars, often associated in mythology with Ariadne’s crown.
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C.
Scuti
Scuti is the Latin genitive form of Scutum, used in astronomy to denote stars belonging to the constellation Scutum.
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D.
Telescopium
Telescopium is a small, faint southern constellation introduced in the 18th century and named after the telescope.
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E.
Corona Australis
Corona Australis is a small, southern constellation near the Milky Way, notable for its distinctive arc of stars and associated dark molecular cloud complex rich in star formation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
barred spiral galaxy
ⓘ
barred spiral galaxy ⓘ constellation ⓘ dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ southern constellation ⓘ star ⓘ star ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Ret ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitude |
about 3.3
ⓘ
about 3.8 ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | approximately 114 ⓘ |
| bestViewingMonth | January ⓘ |
| borderingConstellation |
Doradus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Horologium NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydrus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStar | Alpha Reticuli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDeepSkyObject |
NGC 1313
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 1559 NERFINISHED ⓘ Reticulum Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | approximately −59 degrees to −67 degrees ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Reticuli ⓘ |
| hasIAUBoundariesDefinedIn | 1930 ⓘ |
| hemisphere | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| IAUBoundariesDefinedBy | Eugène Delporte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | 88 modern constellations ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Nicolas Louis de Lacaille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introductionCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| isFaint | true ⓘ |
| isIAUConstellation | true ⓘ |
| isSmall | true ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Reticulum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Large Magellanic Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
net
ⓘ
reticle ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | Latin for small net or reticle ⓘ |
| numberOfBayerFlamsteedStars | about 20 ⓘ |
| numberOfMainStars | 4 ⓘ |
| originalDesignationByLacaille | Reticulum Rhomboidalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| quadrant | SQ1 ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 82nd largest constellation ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | approximately 3 hours to 4 hours ⓘ |
| satelliteOf | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondBrightestStar | Beta Reticuli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visibleAtLatitude | best visible between latitudes 23°N and 90°S ⓘ |
| visibleFrom |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South America NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Reticulum Description of subject: Reticulum is a small, faint southern constellation named after a reticle or net, located near the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dorado