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
Sh 2-275 06h 31m via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
open cluster NGC 2244
surface form: NGC 2244
06h 31m
UGC 64 ~00h 42m
NGC 2976 09h 47m (approx)
KDG 64 in the range of constellation Ursa Major via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
UGC 4305 08h 19m
UGC 8833 13h 54m
V Coronae Australis in the range of Corona Australis via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
Alpha Coronae Australis 18h 43m 02s
Messier 82 09h 55m 52.7s
UGC 5336 09h 57m 32s
Beta Coronae Australis 18h 59m 37s
Cassiopeia approximately 1 hour
Delta Coronae Australis 18h 58m 36s via predicate surface "rightAscensionEpochJ2000"
Messier 57 18h 53m 35s
Messier 87 12h 30m 49.4s
Crab Nebula 05h 34m via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
Epsilon Coronae Australis approximately 18h (epoch J2000) via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
M42 05h 35m
Trapezium Cluster 05h 35m
Barnard 33 05h 40m 59s
Running Man Nebula 05h 35m
NGC 1977 05h 35m
NGC 2023 reflection nebula
surface form: NGC 2023
05h 41m via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
ζ Persei 03h 54m 07s
o Persei 03h 41m 24s
Atik 03h 54m 07.9s
Menkib 03h 58m 57s
HD 24912 03h 57m 51.2s
HD 23180 03h 44m 19s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
HD 22951 03h 42m 22s
HD 24131 03h 52m (approx) via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
HD 26165 in constellation Perseus region via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
HD 26499 03h via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
BD+31 643 03h 44m (approximate) via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
NGC 884 02h 22m
Caldwell 14 02h 19m
Wild Duck Cluster 18h 51m
Messier 11 18h 51m
M11 18h51m
M25 18h 31m
NGC 4725 12h 50m 26s
UGC 452 00h 42m 41.8s
UGC 426 00h 40m 22s
IC 4895 19h 44m 57s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
UGC 245 00h 42m (approximate) via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
WLM Galaxy about 00h 01m
NGC 147 00h 33m
Tau Sagittarii approximately 19h 06m
Phi Sagittarii 18h 43m 12s