Alpha Serpentis
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Alpha Serpentis is the brightest star in the head of the constellation Serpens, visible as an orange giant in the night sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alpha Serpentis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19205937 — 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: Alpha Serpentis Context triple: [Serpens Caput, contains, Alpha Serpentis]
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A.
Theta Serpentis
Theta Serpentis is a multiple star system in the constellation Serpens, visible to the naked eye and notable for its closely spaced stellar components.
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B.
Eta Serpentis
Eta Serpentis is a bright K-type giant star located in the tail region of the constellation Serpens.
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C.
Mu Serpentis
Mu Serpentis is a relatively bright A-type main-sequence star located in the tail region of the constellation Serpens.
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D.
Alpha Capricorni
Alpha Capricorni is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye as a single star but actually composed of two widely separated components.
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E.
Alpha Pavonis
Alpha Pavonis is the brightest star in the southern constellation Pavo, notable as a hot, massive blue-white star visible to the naked eye.
- 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: Alpha Serpentis Target entity description: Alpha Serpentis is the brightest star in the head of the constellation Serpens, visible as an orange giant in the night sky.
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A.
Theta Serpentis
Theta Serpentis is a multiple star system in the constellation Serpens, visible to the naked eye and notable for its closely spaced stellar components.
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B.
Eta Serpentis
Eta Serpentis is a bright K-type giant star located in the tail region of the constellation Serpens.
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C.
Mu Serpentis
Mu Serpentis is a relatively bright A-type main-sequence star located in the tail region of the constellation Serpens.
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D.
Alpha Capricorni
Alpha Capricorni is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye as a single star but actually composed of two widely separated components.
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E.
Alpha Pavonis
Alpha Pavonis is the brightest star in the southern constellation Pavo, notable as a hot, massive blue-white star visible to the naked eye.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.