HD 69267
E579970
HD 69267, better known by its traditional name Altarf, is an orange K-type giant star in the constellation Cancer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HD 69267 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6246201 — 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 69267 Context triple: [Altarf, hasHDDesignation, HD 69267]
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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 36486
HD 36486 is the stellar catalog designation for Mintaka, a bright multiple star system that forms the westernmost star in Orion’s Belt.
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C.
HD 76756
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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D.
HD 26311
HD 26311 is a hot, massive young star located in the Perseus constellation as part of the Perseus OB2 stellar association.
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E.
HD 23630
HD 23630 is a hot, massive early-type star located in the Perseus constellation and belonging to the young 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 69267 Target entity description: HD 69267, better known by its traditional name Altarf, is an orange K-type giant star in the constellation Cancer.
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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 36486
HD 36486 is the stellar catalog designation for Mintaka, a bright multiple star system that forms the westernmost star in Orion’s Belt.
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C.
HD 76756
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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D.
HD 26311
HD 26311 is a hot, massive young star located in the Perseus constellation as part of the Perseus OB2 stellar association.
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E.
HD 23630
HD 23630 is a hot, massive early-type star located in the Perseus constellation and belonging to the young Perseus OB2 stellar association.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
K-type star
ⓘ
star ⓘ |
| belongsToMilkyWayGalaxy | true ⓘ |
| evolvesFrom | main-sequence star ⓘ |
| hasAge | several billion years ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Al Tarf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Altarf NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV | 3.52 ⓘ |
| hasBayerDesignation | Beta Cancri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBDDesignation | BD+09 1900 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColor | orange ⓘ |
| hasColorIndexBminusV | about +1.45 ⓘ |
| hasColorIndexUminusB | about +1.70 ⓘ |
| hasConstellationAbbreviation | Cnc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoreFusionStage | helium shell or core fusion (giant phase) ⓘ |
| hasDeclination | +09° 11′ 08″ ⓘ |
| hasDistanceFromEarth | approximately 320 light-years ⓘ |
| hasEffectiveTemperature | about 4000 K ⓘ |
| hasEquatorialCoordinateSystem | ICRS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFlamsteedDesignation | 4 Cancri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGalacticPopulation | thin disk ⓘ |
| hasHenryDraperDesignation | HD 69267 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHipparcosDesignation | HIP 40526 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHRDesignation | HR 3256 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLuminosity | about 660 times solar luminosity ⓘ |
| hasMass | about 1.7 solar masses ⓘ |
| hasMetallicity | near-solar ⓘ |
| hasParallax | 10.2 mas ⓘ |
| hasProperMotionInDec | about −11 mas/yr ⓘ |
| hasProperMotionInRA | about −23 mas/yr ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity | about +22 km/s ⓘ |
| hasRadius | about 47 solar radii ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension | 08h 16m 30s ⓘ |
| hasSAODesignation | SAO 116569 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSIMBADIdentifier | Bet Cnc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpectralType | K4III ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceGravityLogg | about 1.7 ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalName | Altarf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariableType | suspected variable ⓘ |
| isBrightestStarInConstellation | Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNorthernHemisphereStar | true ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Cancer 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 69267 Description of subject: HD 69267, better known by its traditional name Altarf, is an orange K-type giant star in the constellation Cancer.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.