HD 206859
E867063
HD 206859 is a bright, nearby A-type main-sequence star in the constellation Capricornus, better known by its traditional name Deneb Algedi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HD 206859 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10489065 — 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 206859 Context triple: [Deneb Algedi, catalogDesignation, HD 206859]
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A.
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.
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B.
HD 106490
HD 106490 is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Crux, commonly known as Delta Crucis and forming part of the Southern Cross asterism.
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C.
HD 22049
HD 22049, better known as Epsilon Eridani, is a nearby young K-type main-sequence star notable for its prominent debris disk and at least one confirmed exoplanet.
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D.
HD 215497
HD 215497 is a star located in the constellation Tucana, known to host at least one exoplanet.
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E.
HD 108903
HD 108903 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for Gamma Crucis, a bright red giant star in the constellation Crux.
- 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 206859 Target entity description: HD 206859 is a bright, nearby A-type main-sequence star in the constellation Capricornus, better known by its traditional name Deneb Algedi.
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A.
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.
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B.
HD 106490
HD 106490 is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Crux, commonly known as Delta Crucis and forming part of the Southern Cross asterism.
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C.
HD 22049
HD 22049, better known as Epsilon Eridani, is a nearby young K-type main-sequence star notable for its prominent debris disk and at least one confirmed exoplanet.
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D.
HD 215497
HD 215497 is a star located in the constellation Tucana, known to host at least one exoplanet.
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E.
HD 108903
HD 108903 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for Gamma Crucis, a bright red giant star in the constellation Crux.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
A-type main-sequence star
ⓘ
Delta Scuti variable star ⓘ star ⓘ |
| hasAge | about 1 billion years ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV | 2.85 ⓘ |
| hasBayerDesignation | Delta Capricorni A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBDNumber | BD−16 5959 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColorIndexBminusV | about +0.27 ⓘ |
| hasColorIndexUminusB | about +0.11 ⓘ |
| hasCompanion |
Delta Capricorni B
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delta Capricorni C NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta Capricorni D NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConstellation | Capricornus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDeclination | −16° 07′ 38″ ⓘ |
| hasDistanceFromEarth | about 96 light-years ⓘ |
| hasEffectiveTemperature | about 7500 K ⓘ |
| hasEquinox | J2000.0 ⓘ |
| hasFK5Number | FK5 803 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFlamsteedDesignation |
41 Capricorni
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
δ Capricorni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGalacticPopulation | thin disk star ⓘ |
| hasHIPNumber | HIP 107556 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHRNumber | HR 8315 ⓘ |
| hasIAUApprovedName | Deneb Algedi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLuminosity | about 8 times solar luminosity ⓘ |
| hasMass | about 2.0 solar masses ⓘ |
| hasMetallicity | metal-rich (Am star characteristics) ⓘ |
| hasMultiplicity | part of a multiple star system ⓘ |
| hasParallax | 34.0 mas ⓘ |
| hasPhotometricVariabilityAmplitude | a few hundredths of a magnitude ⓘ |
| hasPhotometricVariabilityPeriod | about 0.1 days ⓘ |
| hasProperNameMeaning | tail of the goat GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasProperNameOrigin | Arabic GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity | −6 km/s ⓘ |
| hasRadius | about 1.9 solar radii ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension | 21h 47m 02.4s ⓘ |
| hasRotationalVelocity | about 105 km/s ⓘ |
| hasSIMBADIdentifier | HD 206859 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpectralType | A7m ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalName | Deneb Algedi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariableType | Delta Scuti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBrightestStarIn | Capricornus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isComponentOf | Delta Capricorni star system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLocatedIn |
Milky Way
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
solar neighborhood ⓘ |
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 206859 Description of subject: HD 206859 is a bright, nearby A-type main-sequence star in the constellation Capricornus, better known by its traditional name Deneb Algedi.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.