HD 111123
E538671
HD 111123 is the stellar catalog designation for Beta Crucis, a bright blue giant star in the Southern Cross constellation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HD 111123 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5637016 — 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: HD 111123 Context triple: [Beta Crucis, hasCatalogIdentifier, HD 111123]
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A.
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.
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B.
HD 24131
HD 24131 is a massive, young, hot star located in the Perseus constellation as part of the Perseus OB2 stellar association.
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C.
HD 215497
HD 215497 is a star located in the constellation Tucana, known to host at least one exoplanet.
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D.
HD 29139
HD 29139 is the bright orange giant star Aldebaran, the prominent "eye" of the constellation Taurus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
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E.
HD 23180
HD 23180 is a hot, massive early-type star located in the Perseus constellation and is notable as a prominent member of the Perseus OB2 stellar association.
- 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: HD 111123 Target entity description: HD 111123 is the stellar catalog designation for Beta Crucis, a bright blue giant star in the Southern Cross constellation.
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A.
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.
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B.
HD 24131
HD 24131 is a massive, young, hot star located in the Perseus constellation as part of the Perseus OB2 stellar association.
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C.
HD 215497
HD 215497 is a star located in the constellation Tucana, known to host at least one exoplanet.
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D.
HD 29139
HD 29139 is the bright orange giant star Aldebaran, the prominent "eye" of the constellation Taurus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
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E.
HD 23180
HD 23180 is a hot, massive early-type star located in the Perseus constellation and is notable as a prominent member of the Perseus OB2 stellar association.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blue giant star
ⓘ
star ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Beta Crucis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mimosa NERFINISHED ⓘ β Crucis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| binaryType | spectroscopic binary ⓘ |
| hasAge_Myr | about 8 ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV | 1.25 ⓘ |
| hasBayerDesignation | β Crucis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBDDesignation | CPD−59°2854 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCompanion | HD 111123 B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConstellation | Crux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | important navigation star in Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| hasDeclination | −59° 41′ 19″ ⓘ |
| hasDistanceFromEarth_ly | about 280 ⓘ |
| hasDistanceFromEarth_pc | about 86 ⓘ |
| hasEffectiveTemperature_K | about 27,000 ⓘ |
| hasEquatorialCoordinateSystem | J2000 ⓘ |
| hasFlamsteedDesignation | HD 111123 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGalacticLatitude_deg | about +0.77 ⓘ |
| hasGalacticLongitude_deg | about 302.46 ⓘ |
| hasHenryDraperDesignation | HD 111123 ⓘ |
| hasHIPDesignation | HIP 62434 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHRDesignation | HR 4853 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLuminosity_solar | about 34,000 ⓘ |
| hasMass_solar | about 16 ⓘ |
| hasMetallicity_Fe_H | near solar ⓘ |
| hasParallax_mas | about 11.6 ⓘ |
| hasProperMotionDec_mas_per_yr | about −13 ⓘ |
| hasProperMotionRA_mas_per_yr | about −36 ⓘ |
| hasPulsationType | Beta Cephei variable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRadialPulsations | yes ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity_km_per_s | about +15 ⓘ |
| hasRadius_solar | about 8 ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension | 12h 47m 43s ⓘ |
| hasRotationalVelocity_km_per_s | about 35 ⓘ |
| hasSAODesignation | SAO 251904 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpectralType | B0.5III ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceGravity_log_g | about 3.7 ⓘ |
| hasVariableStarDesignation | Beta Crucis type pulsating star ⓘ |
| isBrightestRankInCrux | second brightest star in Crux ⓘ |
| isColor | blue ⓘ |
| isLocatedIn |
Carina–Sagittarius Arm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNakedEyeVisible | yes ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Southern Cross
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Cross asterism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: HD 111123 Description of subject: HD 111123 is the stellar catalog designation for Beta Crucis, a bright blue giant star in the Southern Cross constellation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.