Cape Photographic Durchmusterung
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The Cape Photographic Durchmusterung is a major late-19th-century photographic star catalog that systematically surveyed the southern sky and significantly expanded knowledge of southern hemisphere stars.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cape Photographic Durchmusterung canonical | 2 |
| Cape Photographic Durchmusterung star catalogue | 1 |
| Südliche Durchmusterung | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19306894 — 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: Cape Photographic Durchmusterung Context triple: [Sir David Gill, knownFor, Cape Photographic Durchmusterung]
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A.
Bonner Durchmusterung
Bonner Durchmusterung is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog that systematically surveyed and recorded the positions and magnitudes of hundreds of thousands of stars in the northern sky.
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B.
Uppsala General Catalogue
The Uppsala General Catalogue is an astronomical catalog that compiles detailed data on thousands of galaxies, including their positions, magnitudes, and morphological types.
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C.
Armagh Catalogue of Stars
The Armagh Catalogue of Stars is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog compiled at Armagh Observatory, listing precise positions and related data for thousands of stars.
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D.
Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
The Palomar Observatory Sky Survey is a landmark mid-20th-century photographic mapping of the night sky that produced some of the most widely used astronomical reference images for research and discovery.
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E.
Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog
The Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog is an astronomical catalog that lists bright galaxies, providing standardized data and classifications widely used in extragalactic astronomy.
- 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: Cape Photographic Durchmusterung Target entity description: The Cape Photographic Durchmusterung is a major late-19th-century photographic star catalog that systematically surveyed the southern sky and significantly expanded knowledge of southern hemisphere stars.
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A.
Bonner Durchmusterung
Bonner Durchmusterung is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog that systematically surveyed and recorded the positions and magnitudes of hundreds of thousands of stars in the northern sky.
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B.
Uppsala General Catalogue
The Uppsala General Catalogue is an astronomical catalog that compiles detailed data on thousands of galaxies, including their positions, magnitudes, and morphological types.
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C.
Armagh Catalogue of Stars
The Armagh Catalogue of Stars is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog compiled at Armagh Observatory, listing precise positions and related data for thousands of stars.
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D.
Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
The Palomar Observatory Sky Survey is a landmark mid-20th-century photographic mapping of the night sky that produced some of the most widely used astronomical reference images for research and discovery.
-
E.
Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog
The Revised Shapley–Ames Catalog is an astronomical catalog that lists bright galaxies, providing standardized data and classifications widely used in extragalactic astronomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cape Photographic Durchmusterung
linked to: Cape Photographic Durchmusterung