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
Tucana approximately23h
47 Tucanae 00h 24m
Tucana V 23h 35m
Alpha Tucanae 22h 18m
HD 4308 00h 44m (approx)
HD 215497 22h 47m (approximate)
WASP-72 01h 25m 08.04s
OGLE-TR-113 06h 54m (approx)
OGLE-TR-132 10h50m34s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
OGLE-TR-182 10h 03m (approximate) via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
OGLE-TR-211 10h 40m 20s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
OGLE-TR-10 17h51m28s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
OGLE-TR-56 in constellation Sagittarius (approximate RA not specified) via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
Leo II 11h 13m 28s
M69 18h 31m
NGC 2070 05h 38m (approximate)
Kappa Tucanae about 23h 39m
NGC 5102 13h 21m (approx)
globular cluster Whiting 1
surface form: Whiting 1
02h 02m 57s via predicate surface "rightAscension(J2000)"
NGC 2004 05h 30m (approx)
Pelican Nebula 20h 51m
Pi Tucanae in constellation Tucana region via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
Fornax constellation
surface form: Fornax
about 2.7 hours
Sharpless 45 18h 20m (approximate)
M70 18h 43m 12s
GCl 104 18h 43m 12s
NGC 6656 18h 36m 24s
NGC 7000 20h 58m
Sculptor dSph 01h 00m
ESO 351-30 00h59m35s via predicate surface "rightAscension_J2000"
And XIV 00h 51m
open cluster NGC 6603
surface form: NGC 6603
18h 18m
NGC 6603 (central cluster often associated)
surface form: NGC 6603
18h 18m
M75 20h 06m 05.1s
Reticulum II Dwarf Galaxy approximately 03h 35m
NGC 6231 16h 54m
R136a1 05h 38m (approximate)
Mirzam 06h 22m 41.986s
Muliphein 07h 28m 10s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
Wezen 07h 08m 23s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
Adhara 06h 58m 37s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension_J2000"
Furud 06h 20m 18s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
Omicron2 Canis Majoris about 07h 18m
Messier 41 06h 46m
M41 06h 46m
openCluster M41 06h 46m
Carina approximately 7h to 11h via predicate surface "hasRightAscension"
NGC 1976 05h 35m
GCl 117 20h 06m 04s
Crater II Dwarf Galaxy approximately 11h 49m via predicate surface "rightAscensionEpochJ2000"