Faint Source Catalogue
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The Faint Source Catalogue is an astronomical catalog of weak X-ray sources detected by the ROSAT satellite, widely used for studies of faint X-ray-emitting objects across the sky.
All labels observed (1)
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| Faint Source Catalogue canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15839233 — 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: Faint Source Catalogue Context triple: [ROSAT, catalogProduced, Faint Source Catalogue]
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A.
IRAS Faint Source Catalog
The IRAS Faint Source Catalog is an astronomical catalog listing faint infrared sources detected across the sky by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite mission.
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B.
WISE All-Sky Source Catalog
The WISE All-Sky Source Catalog is a comprehensive astronomical database listing hundreds of millions of infrared-detected celestial sources observed across the entire sky.
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C.
AllWISE Source Catalog
The AllWISE Source Catalog is a comprehensive astronomical database of infrared-detected celestial sources produced from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission’s all-sky survey.
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D.
Fermi LAT source catalogs
The Fermi LAT source catalogs are comprehensive astronomical catalogs listing gamma-ray sources detected and characterized by the Fermi Large Area Telescope.
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E.
Cambridge radio source surveys
Cambridge radio source surveys are a series of pioneering radio astronomy sky surveys conducted at the University of Cambridge that mapped and catalogued cosmic radio sources, significantly advancing the study of radio galaxies and quasars.
- 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: Faint Source Catalogue Target entity description: The Faint Source Catalogue is an astronomical catalog of weak X-ray sources detected by the ROSAT satellite, widely used for studies of faint X-ray-emitting objects across the sky.
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A.
IRAS Faint Source Catalog
The IRAS Faint Source Catalog is an astronomical catalog listing faint infrared sources detected across the sky by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite mission.
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B.
WISE All-Sky Source Catalog
The WISE All-Sky Source Catalog is a comprehensive astronomical database listing hundreds of millions of infrared-detected celestial sources observed across the entire sky.
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C.
AllWISE Source Catalog
The AllWISE Source Catalog is a comprehensive astronomical database of infrared-detected celestial sources produced from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission’s all-sky survey.
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D.
Fermi LAT source catalogs
The Fermi LAT source catalogs are comprehensive astronomical catalogs listing gamma-ray sources detected and characterized by the Fermi Large Area Telescope.
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E.
Cambridge radio source surveys
Cambridge radio source surveys are a series of pioneering radio astronomy sky surveys conducted at the University of Cambridge that mapped and catalogued cosmic radio sources, significantly advancing the study of radio galaxies and quasars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.