Mirzam (Beta Canis Majoris)
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Mirzam (Beta Canis Majoris) is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Canis Major, known as one of the prominent stars near Sirius in the winter sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mirzam (Beta Canis Majoris) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20612549 — 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: Mirzam (Beta Canis Majoris) Context triple: [CMa, contains, Mirzam (Beta Canis Majoris)]
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A.
Zeta Canis Majoris
Zeta Canis Majoris, also known as Furud, is a bright B-type main-sequence star in the constellation Canis Major.
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B.
Epsilon Canis Majoris
Epsilon Canis Majoris, also known as Adhara, is a bright blue-white giant star and one of the most luminous stars visible from Earth, located in the constellation Canis Major.
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C.
Eta Canis Majoris
Eta Canis Majoris, also known as Aludra, is a luminous blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major and one of its brightest members.
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D.
Tau Canis Majoris
Tau Canis Majoris is a very luminous, massive blue-white multiple star system located in the constellation Canis Major and is one of the brightest members of the open cluster NGC 2362.
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E.
Delta Canis Majoris
Delta Canis Majoris, also known as Wezen, is a bright F-type supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major that forms part of the prominent winter sky near Sirius.
- 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: Mirzam (Beta Canis Majoris) Target entity description: Mirzam (Beta Canis Majoris) is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Canis Major, known as one of the prominent stars near Sirius in the winter sky.
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A.
Zeta Canis Majoris
Zeta Canis Majoris, also known as Furud, is a bright B-type main-sequence star in the constellation Canis Major.
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B.
Epsilon Canis Majoris
Epsilon Canis Majoris, also known as Adhara, is a bright blue-white giant star and one of the most luminous stars visible from Earth, located in the constellation Canis Major.
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C.
Eta Canis Majoris
Eta Canis Majoris, also known as Aludra, is a luminous blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major and one of its brightest members.
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D.
Tau Canis Majoris
Tau Canis Majoris is a very luminous, massive blue-white multiple star system located in the constellation Canis Major and is one of the brightest members of the open cluster NGC 2362.
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E.
Delta Canis Majoris
Delta Canis Majoris, also known as Wezen, is a bright F-type supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major that forms part of the prominent winter sky near Sirius.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.