58 Orionis
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58 Orionis is a star in the constellation Orion, cataloged in the Flamsteed system and located near the prominent red supergiant Betelgeuse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 58 Orionis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5958633 — 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: 58 Orionis Context triple: [Betelgeuse, FlamsteedDesignation, 58 Orionis]
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A.
50 Orionis
50 Orionis is a star in the constellation Orion, known as the Flamsteed-designated counterpart of the bright multiple star system Alnitak in Orion’s Belt.
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B.
46 Orionis
46 Orionis is a star in the constellation Orion, known as the Flamsteed-designated counterpart of the bright central belt star Alnilam.
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C.
Epsilon Orionis
Epsilon Orionis, traditionally known as Alnilam, is a luminous blue supergiant star forming the central "belt" star in the constellation Orion.
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D.
Delta Orionis
Delta Orionis, traditionally known as Mintaka, is a multiple star system that forms the westernmost star in Orion’s Belt and serves as an important navigational and astrophysical reference point.
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E.
Gamma Orionis
Gamma Orionis, better known as Bellatrix, is a bright blue giant star in the constellation Orion that serves as one of its prominent shoulder 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: 58 Orionis Target entity description: 58 Orionis is a star in the constellation Orion, cataloged in the Flamsteed system and located near the prominent red supergiant Betelgeuse.
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A.
50 Orionis
50 Orionis is a star in the constellation Orion, known as the Flamsteed-designated counterpart of the bright multiple star system Alnitak in Orion’s Belt.
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B.
46 Orionis
46 Orionis is a star in the constellation Orion, known as the Flamsteed-designated counterpart of the bright central belt star Alnilam.
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C.
Epsilon Orionis
Epsilon Orionis, traditionally known as Alnilam, is a luminous blue supergiant star forming the central "belt" star in the constellation Orion.
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D.
Delta Orionis
Delta Orionis, traditionally known as Mintaka, is a multiple star system that forms the westernmost star in Orion’s Belt and serves as an important navigational and astrophysical reference point.
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E.
Gamma Orionis
Gamma Orionis, better known as Bellatrix, is a bright blue giant star in the constellation Orion that serves as one of its prominent shoulder stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | star ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | −1.7 ⓘ |
| age | tens of millions of years ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 4.86 ⓘ |
| BDNumber | +07 1048 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalog | Flamsteed designation ⓘ |
| colorIndexBminusV | −0.06 ⓘ |
| constellation | Orion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declination | +07° 24′ 36″ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 190 parsecs
ⓘ
approximately 620 light-years ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature | about 18,000 K ⓘ |
| epoch | J2000.0 ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem | ICRS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FlamsteedDesignation | 58 Orionis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FlamsteedNumber | 58 ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | −13.0° ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 203.4° ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | thin disk ⓘ |
| hasEmissionLines | hydrogen Balmer emission ⓘ |
| hasOpticalCompanion | visual companion at several arcseconds separation ⓘ |
| hasStellarDisk | Be circumstellar disk ⓘ |
| hemisphere | celestial equator region ⓘ |
| HenryDraperNumber | HD 41117 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| HipparcosNumber | HIP 28716 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| HRNumber | HR 2135 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBeStar | true ⓘ |
| isVariableStar | true ⓘ |
| luminosity | approximately 1,000 times solar luminosity ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 6 solar masses ⓘ |
| nearbyBrightStar | Betelgeuse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn |
optical band
ⓘ
ultraviolet band ⓘ |
| parallax | 5.27 mas ⓘ |
| parallaxError | 0.23 mas ⓘ |
| properMotionDec | −13.40 mas/yr ⓘ |
| properMotionRA | +1.40 mas/yr ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | +23 km/s ⓘ |
| radius | approximately 3.5 solar radii ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 05h 55m 30s ⓘ |
| rotationalVelocity | about 220 km/s ⓘ |
| SIMBADIdentifier |
58 Ori
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HD 41117 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| skyLocation | near the shoulder region of Orion ⓘ |
| spectralType | B3V ⓘ |
| stellarClassification | B-type main-sequence star ⓘ |
| variableStarType | Gamma Cassiopeiae-type NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 58 Orionis Description of subject: 58 Orionis is a star in the constellation Orion, cataloged in the Flamsteed system and located near the prominent red supergiant Betelgeuse.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.