HIP 44127
E581936
HIP 44127 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Cancri, a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HIP 44127 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6246256 — 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: HIP 44127 Context triple: [Alpha Cancri, catalogDesignation, HIP 44127]
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A.
HIP 44066
HIP 44066 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Acubens, a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer that serves as one of its primary named stars.
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B.
HIP 40526
HIP 40526 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Altarf, a prominent star in the constellation Cancer.
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C.
HIP 62434
HIP 62434 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Beta Crucis, a bright blue giant star in the Southern Cross constellation.
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D.
HIP 60718
HIP 60718 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Crucis, the brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation.
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E.
HIP 26727
HIP 26727 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alnitak, a bright multiple star system forming the easternmost star of Orion’s Belt.
- 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: HIP 44127 Target entity description: HIP 44127 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Cancri, a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer.
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A.
HIP 44066
HIP 44066 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Acubens, a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer that serves as one of its primary named stars.
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B.
HIP 40526
HIP 40526 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Altarf, a prominent star in the constellation Cancer.
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C.
HIP 62434
HIP 62434 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Beta Crucis, a bright blue giant star in the Southern Cross constellation.
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D.
HIP 60718
HIP 60718 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Crucis, the brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation.
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E.
HIP 26727
HIP 26727 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alnitak, a bright multiple star system forming the easternmost star of Orion’s Belt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hipparcos star
ⓘ
star system ⓘ |
| age_years | hundreds of millions ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Acubens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alpha Cancri NERFINISHED ⓘ α Cancri NERFINISHED ⓘ α Cnc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 4.26 ⓘ |
| belongsToCatalog |
Bright Star Catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Hipparcos Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation |
BD+11 1961
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HD 76756 NERFINISHED ⓘ HIP 44127 NERFINISHED ⓘ HR 3572 NERFINISHED ⓘ SAO 98167 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorIndexBminusV | +0.12 ⓘ |
| constellation | Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declination | +11° 51′ 28″ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_ly | approximately 174 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_pc | approximately 53 ⓘ |
| eclipticLatitude | near ecliptic ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature_K | about 8200 ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem | ICRS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | thin disk ⓘ |
| hasBayerDesignation | Alpha Cancri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
HIP 44127 A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HIP 44127 B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFlamsteedDesignation | not applicable ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalName | Acubens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInConstellation | Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPrimaryStarOf | Alpha Cancri system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Milky Way ⓘ |
| luminosity_solarLuminosities | about 23 ⓘ |
| luminosityClass | IV ⓘ |
| mass_solarMasses | about 2 ⓘ |
| multiplicity | multiple star system ⓘ |
| observedBy | Hipparcos satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallax_mas | about 18.8 ⓘ |
| properMotionDec_masPerYear | about −11 ⓘ |
| properMotionRA_masPerYear | about −23 ⓘ |
| radialVelocity_kmPerSec | about +2 ⓘ |
| radius_solarRadii | about 3 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 08h 58m 29s ⓘ |
| spectralType | A5IV ⓘ |
| variableType | none known ⓘ |
| 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: HIP 44127 Description of subject: HIP 44127 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alpha Cancri, a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.