rightAscension

P6949
predicate

Indicates the angular distance of an object measured eastward along the celestial equator from the vernal equinox, specifying its position in the sky.

All labels observed (24)

Label Occurrences
rightAscension canonical 589
hasRightAscension 172
rightAscension_J2000 33

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: rightAscension
Generated description
Indicates the angular distance of an object measured eastward along the celestial equator from the vernal equinox, specifying its position in the sky.

Sample triples (836)

Subject Object
Altair 19h50m47s via predicate surface "rightAscension_J2000"
Regulus 10h 08m 22.3s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
Gomeisa 07h 27m 09s
Al Tarf approximately 08h 16m via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
HD 76756 08h 58m 29s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
HIP 44066 09h 11m 37.5s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
SAO 98031 08h 58m (approx)
HD 74442 in constellation Cancer region via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
BD+18 2019 08h 44m 41.1s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
Cr 189 08h 40m
Melotte 88 08h 40m via predicate surface "rightAscension_J2000"
Coma Berenices approximately 13 hours
59 Cygni as a spectroscopic binary
surface form: 59 Cygni
about 20h 16m
Nova Cygni 1886 21h18m32.00s
Alpha Canis Minoris 07h 39m 18.1s
Taurus about 4 hours
61 Cygni 21h 06m via predicate surface "rightAscension_J2000"
Beta Canis Minoris 07h 27m 09.0s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
NGC 2632 08h 40m
HD 69267 08h 16m 30s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
HIP 40526 08h 16m 30s (approx)
bet Cnc
surface form: Bet Cnc
08h 16m 30s
Caldwell 57 19h 44m 57s
Alpha Tauri (α Tauri)
surface form: Alpha Tauri
04h 35m 55.2s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
c Tauri 04h 25m (approximate) via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
HD 28305 in Taurus region via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
HIP 20889 04h 28m 37s
Alpha Tau 04h 35m 55.2s
畢宿五 (Bìxiù wǔ)
surface form: 畢宿五
約 04h 35m via predicate surface "赤經"
IC 349 region (nearby bright knot)
surface form: IC 349
03h 46m (approximate)
IC 349 03h 46m (approximate)
Seven Sisters region 03h 47m via predicate surface "rightAscensionApprox"
HIP 44127 08h 58m 29s
87 Tauri 04h 35m 39s
SAO 98087 08h 44m 41s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
Beta Ceti 00h 43m 35s
Mira 02h 19m
Deneb Kaitos 00h 43m 35.3s via predicate surface "rightAscension_J2000"
UV Ceti 01h 39m via predicate surface "rightAscension_epochJ2000"
Messier 77 02h 42m 40.7s
NGC 1055 02h 41m
NGC 936 02h 27m (approx) via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
NGC 45 00h 14m 03s
Diphda 00h 43m 35s
NGC 1073 02h 43m 40s
Peg DIG 23h 28m via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
DDO 216 23h 28m
And XX 00h 07m (approximate)
Theta Eridani 03h 11m 37.6s
Deneb 20h 41m 25.9s