HD 76756
E572594
Bright Star Catalogue entry
Hipparcos star
multiple star system
star system in Cancer
stellar designation
HD 76756, also known as Acubens, is a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer that serves as one of the constellation’s primary named stars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HD 76756 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6175086 — 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 76756 Context triple: [Acubens, hasOtherDesignation, HD 76756]
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A.
HD 26165
HD 26165 is a star located in the Perseus constellation and identified as a member of the young stellar grouping known as the Perseus OB2 association.
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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.
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 24760
HD 24760 is a hot, massive early-type star in the constellation Perseus, notable as a member of the young Perseus OB2 stellar association.
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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: HD 76756 Target entity description: HD 76756, also known as Acubens, is a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer that serves as one of the constellation’s primary named stars.
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A.
HD 26165
HD 26165 is a star located in the Perseus constellation and identified as a member of the young stellar grouping known as the Perseus OB2 association.
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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.
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 24760
HD 24760 is a hot, massive early-type star in the constellation Perseus, notable as a member of the young Perseus OB2 stellar association.
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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 (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bright Star Catalogue entry
ⓘ
Hipparcos star ⓘ multiple star system ⓘ star system in Cancer ⓘ stellar designation ⓘ |
| catalog |
Bright Star Catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Hipparcos Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV |
3.94
ⓘ
3.94 ⓘ |
| hasBayerDesignation | Alpha Cancri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
HD 76756 A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HD 76756 B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConstellation | Cancer ⓘ |
| hasDeclination | +11° 51′ 28″ ⓘ |
| hasEquatorialCoordinateSystem | ICRS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFlamsteedDesignation | 54 Cancri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHenryDraperDesignation | HD 76756 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHipparcosDesignation | HIP 44127 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHRDesignation | HR 3523 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProperName | Acubens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension | 08h 58m 29s ⓘ |
| hasSIMBADIdentifier |
HD 76756
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
alf Cnc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpectralType |
A-type star
ⓘ
A-type star ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalNameMeaning |
the claws
ⓘ
the claws ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalNameOriginLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isIAUApprovedName | true ⓘ |
| isNamedStarOf | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOfAsterism | Cancer constellation figure ⓘ |
| isPrimaryNamedStarOf |
Cancer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation |
Cancer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visibleIn |
Northern Hemisphere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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: HD 76756 Description of subject: HD 76756, also known as Acubens, is a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer that serves as one of the constellation’s primary named stars.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.