Hipparcos Catalogue
E581539
The Hipparcos Catalogue is a comprehensive star catalog produced by the European Space Agency’s Hipparcos satellite mission, providing highly accurate positions, parallaxes, and proper motions for over 100,000 stars.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hipparcos Catalogue canonical | 6 |
| Hipparcos catalog | 2 |
| Hipparcos | 1 |
| Hipparcos stars | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6287152 — 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: Hipparcos Catalogue Context triple: [87 Tauri, isCataloguedIn, Hipparcos Catalogue]
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A.
Bonner Durchmusterung
Bonner Durchmusterung is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog that systematically surveyed and recorded the positions and magnitudes of hundreds of thousands of stars in the northern sky.
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B.
Hipparcos satellite
The Hipparcos satellite was a European Space Agency astrometry mission that precisely measured the positions, distances, and motions of over 100,000 stars, laying the foundation for modern space-based star catalogues.
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C.
Armagh Catalogue of Stars
The Armagh Catalogue of Stars is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog compiled at Armagh Observatory, listing precise positions and related data for thousands of stars.
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D.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs are comprehensive astronomical catalogs that provide precise positional and photometric data for millions of stars, widely used for research and satellite tracking.
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E.
New General Catalogue
The New General Catalogue is a comprehensive 19th-century astronomical catalog of deep-sky objects, including galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, that remains widely used by astronomers today.
- 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: Hipparcos Catalogue Target entity description: The Hipparcos Catalogue is a comprehensive star catalog produced by the European Space Agency’s Hipparcos satellite mission, providing highly accurate positions, parallaxes, and proper motions for over 100,000 stars.
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A.
Bonner Durchmusterung
Bonner Durchmusterung is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog that systematically surveyed and recorded the positions and magnitudes of hundreds of thousands of stars in the northern sky.
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B.
Hipparcos satellite
The Hipparcos satellite was a European Space Agency astrometry mission that precisely measured the positions, distances, and motions of over 100,000 stars, laying the foundation for modern space-based star catalogues.
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C.
Armagh Catalogue of Stars
The Armagh Catalogue of Stars is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog compiled at Armagh Observatory, listing precise positions and related data for thousands of stars.
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D.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs are comprehensive astronomical catalogs that provide precise positional and photometric data for millions of stars, widely used for research and satellite tracking.
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E.
New General Catalogue
The New General Catalogue is a comprehensive 19th-century astronomical catalog of deep-sky objects, including galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, that remains widely used by astronomers today.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | star catalogue ⓘ |
| approximateMagnitudeLimit | V ≈ 12 ⓘ |
| basedOnMission | Hipparcos satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledBy | European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsAstrometricQualityFlags | yes ⓘ |
| containsDataFor | over 100000 stars ⓘ |
| containsDeclination | yes ⓘ |
| containsDoubleStarSolutions | yes ⓘ |
| containsParallax | yes ⓘ |
| containsPhotometricQualityFlags | yes ⓘ |
| containsPhotometry | broad-band Hp magnitudes ⓘ |
| containsProperMotionInDec | yes ⓘ |
| containsProperMotionInRA | yes ⓘ |
| containsRightAscension | yes ⓘ |
| containsVariableStarSolutions | yes ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | International Celestial Reference System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataCollectionPeriodEnd | 1993 ⓘ |
| dataCollectionPeriodStart | 1989 ⓘ |
| dataFormat | machine-readable tables ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
CD-ROM
ⓘ
online archives ⓘ |
| epoch | J1991.25 ⓘ |
| hasIdentifier | HIP number ⓘ |
| hasRevisedVersion | Hipparcos New Reduction (2007) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSupplement |
Tycho Catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tycho-2 Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesBrightStars | yes ⓘ |
| languageOfDocumentation | English ⓘ |
| meanObservationEpoch | 1991.25 ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 3.5 years ⓘ |
| operatedFromOrbitType | geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ |
| providesMeasurement |
stellar parallaxes
ⓘ
stellar positions ⓘ stellar proper motions ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| publishedBy | European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedInSeries | ESA SP-1200 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToMission | Gaia mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionBasis | magnitude-limited sample ⓘ |
| typicalParallaxAccuracy | about 1 milliarcsecond ⓘ |
| typicalPositionAccuracy | about 1 milliarcsecond ⓘ |
| typicalProperMotionAccuracy | about 1 milliarcsecond per year ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Galactic structure studies
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calibration of the cosmic distance scale ⓘ determination of stellar absolute magnitudes ⓘ open cluster distance determinations ⓘ stellar kinematics ⓘ validation of stellar evolution models ⓘ |
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Subject: Hipparcos Catalogue Description of subject: The Hipparcos Catalogue is a comprehensive star catalog produced by the European Space Agency’s Hipparcos satellite mission, providing highly accurate positions, parallaxes, and proper motions for over 100,000 stars.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hipparcos
this entity surface form:
Hipparcos catalog
this entity surface form:
Hipparcos stars
this entity surface form:
Hipparcos catalog
subject surface form:
Hipparcos