Gamma Muscae
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Gamma Muscae is a bright B-type giant star in the southern constellation Musca, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of the constellation’s primary stellar members.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gamma Muscae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8717145 — 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: Gamma Muscae Context triple: [Musca, containsStar, Gamma Muscae]
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A.
Beta Muscae
Beta Muscae is a bright blue-white multiple star system in the southern constellation Musca, visible to the naked eye in the southern sky.
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B.
Alpha Muscae
Alpha Muscae is a hot, blue-white B-type giant star in the southern constellation Musca, notable as its most luminous member.
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C.
Gamma Monocerotis
Gamma Monocerotis is a relatively bright star in the constellation Monoceros, visible to the naked eye and used as a reference point within this faint region of the night sky.
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D.
Gamma Microscopii
Gamma Microscopii is a yellow giant star in the southern constellation Microscopium, notable as its most luminous visible member.
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E.
Kappa Tucanae
Kappa Tucanae is a star system located in the southern constellation Tucana.
- 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: Gamma Muscae Target entity description: Gamma Muscae is a bright B-type giant star in the southern constellation Musca, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of the constellation’s primary stellar members.
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A.
Beta Muscae
Beta Muscae is a bright blue-white multiple star system in the southern constellation Musca, visible to the naked eye in the southern sky.
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B.
Alpha Muscae
Alpha Muscae is a hot, blue-white B-type giant star in the southern constellation Musca, notable as its most luminous member.
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C.
Gamma Monocerotis
Gamma Monocerotis is a relatively bright star in the constellation Monoceros, visible to the naked eye and used as a reference point within this faint region of the night sky.
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D.
Gamma Microscopii
Gamma Microscopii is a yellow giant star in the southern constellation Microscopium, notable as its most luminous visible member.
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E.
Kappa Tucanae
Kappa Tucanae is a star system located in the southern constellation Tucana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
B-type giant star
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star ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | about −1.2 ⓘ |
| age_Myr | tens of millions of years ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 3.84 ⓘ |
| BayerDesignation | γ Muscae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalog |
Bright Star Catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Hipparcos Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Tycho Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorIndexB−V | −0.16 ⓘ |
| constellation | Musca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declination | −72° 07′ 59″ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_ly | about 325 light-years ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_pc | about 100 parsecs ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature_K | about 15000 ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateEpoch | J2000 ⓘ |
| evolutionaryStage | giant branch ⓘ |
| FlamsteedDesignation | not assigned ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude_deg | about −12 ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude_deg | about 303 ⓘ |
| hasColor | blue-white ⓘ |
| HDNumber | HD 110432 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hemisphere | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| HIPNumber | HIP 62027 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| HRNumber | HR 4825 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOf | brightest stars in Musca ⓘ |
| isPrimaryStarOf | constellation Musca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| luminosity_solar | about 500 ⓘ |
| mass_solar | about 4.5 ⓘ |
| metallicity_Fe/H | near solar ⓘ |
| parallax_mas | about 9.9 ⓘ |
| properMotionDec_mas/yr | about −9 ⓘ |
| properMotionRA_mas/yr | about −37 ⓘ |
| radialVelocity_km/s | about +16 ⓘ |
| radius_solar | about 3.4 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 12h 37m 11s ⓘ |
| rotationalVelocity_km/s | about 140 ⓘ |
| SIMBADIdentifier | gam Mus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spectralType | B5III ⓘ |
| variableStarStatus | not a well-established variable ⓘ |
| visibility | visible to the naked eye ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gamma Muscae Description of subject: Gamma Muscae is a bright B-type giant star in the southern constellation Musca, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of the constellation’s primary stellar members.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.