HIP 60718
E533149
HIP 60718 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Crucis, the brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HIP 60718 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5567832 — 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: HIP 60718 Context triple: [Alpha Crucis, hasHIPDesignation, HIP 60718]
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A.
HIP 17608
HIP 17608 is a star in the constellation Taurus, more commonly known as 23 Tauri, and is cataloged in the Hipparcos star catalog.
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B.
HD 168454
HD 168454 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for Kaus Australis, the bright primary star in the constellation Sagittarius.
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C.
Epsilon Microscopii
Epsilon Microscopii is a relatively bright star located in the southern constellation Microscopium.
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D.
HIP 17531
HIP 17531 is a star in the Pleiades open star cluster, more commonly known by its traditional name Taygeta.
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E.
HD 281159
HD 281159 is a young, massive star located in the Perseus OB2 stellar association, a nearby region of recent star formation in the constellation Perseus.
- 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: HIP 60718 Target entity description: HIP 60718 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Crucis, the brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation.
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A.
HIP 17608
HIP 17608 is a star in the constellation Taurus, more commonly known as 23 Tauri, and is cataloged in the Hipparcos star catalog.
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B.
HD 168454
HD 168454 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for Kaus Australis, the bright primary star in the constellation Sagittarius.
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C.
Epsilon Microscopii
Epsilon Microscopii is a relatively bright star located in the southern constellation Microscopium.
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D.
HIP 17531
HIP 17531 is a star in the Pleiades open star cluster, more commonly known by its traditional name Taygeta.
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E.
HD 281159
HD 281159 is a young, massive star located in the Perseus OB2 stellar association, a nearby region of recent star formation in the constellation Perseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
star
ⓘ
stellar_system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Acrux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alpha Crucis NERFINISHED ⓘ α Crucis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 1.25 ⓘ |
| bayerDesignation | α Crucis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToAsterism | Southern Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation |
CD−63 1042
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CPD−63 2495 NERFINISHED ⓘ FK5 438 NERFINISHED ⓘ HD 108248 NERFINISHED ⓘ HIP 60718 NERFINISHED ⓘ HR 4730 NERFINISHED ⓘ SAO 251904 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorIndexBminusV | −0.24 ⓘ |
| componentCount | 3 ⓘ |
| constellation | Crux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declination | −63° 05′ 56″ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 320 light-years
ⓘ
about 98 parsecs ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature | about 24,000 K ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem | ICRS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flamsteedDesignation | none ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | −0.60° ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 300.13° ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Alpha Crucis A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alpha Crucis B NERFINISHED ⓘ Alpha Crucis C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHipparcosNumber | 60718 ⓘ |
| hemisphere | southern_celestial_hemisphere ⓘ |
| isBrightestStarIn |
Crux
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Local Arm
ⓘ
Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| luminosity | about 25,000 times solar_luminosity ⓘ |
| mass | about 14 solar_masses ⓘ |
| multiplicity | multiple_star_system ⓘ |
| parallax | 10.13 mas ⓘ |
| properMotionDec | −14.82 mas/yr ⓘ |
| properMotionRA | −35.83 mas/yr ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | about −11 km/s ⓘ |
| radius | about 8 solar_radii ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 12h 26m 35.9s ⓘ |
| spectralType |
B0.5 IV
ⓘ
B1 V ⓘ |
| visibleToNakedEye | true ⓘ |
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: HIP 60718 Description of subject: HIP 60718 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Crucis, the brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.