Gamma Draconis
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Gamma Draconis is a prominent red giant star in the constellation Draco, historically important as a reference point in early stellar parallax measurements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gamma Draconis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21703063 — 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: Gamma Draconis Context triple: [Draco, brightestStarDesignation, Gamma Draconis]
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A.
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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B.
Delta Cygni
Delta Cygni is a multiple star system in the constellation Cygnus, notable as one of its brighter stars and a future candidate for the Northern Pole Star due to Earth's axial precession.
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C.
Lambda Gruis
Lambda Gruis is a relatively bright star located in the southern constellation of Grus.
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D.
Theta Gruis
Theta Gruis is a bright star in the southern constellation Grus, visible to the naked eye and used as a reference point in that region of the sky.
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E.
Gamma Doradus
Gamma Doradus is a variable star in the southern constellation Dorado, serving as the prototype of the Gamma Doradus class of pulsating variables.
- 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: Gamma Draconis Target entity description: Gamma Draconis is a prominent red giant star in the constellation Draco, historically important as a reference point in early stellar parallax measurements.
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A.
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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B.
Delta Cygni
Delta Cygni is a multiple star system in the constellation Cygnus, notable as one of its brighter stars and a future candidate for the Northern Pole Star due to Earth's axial precession.
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C.
Lambda Gruis
Lambda Gruis is a relatively bright star located in the southern constellation of Grus.
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D.
Theta Gruis
Theta Gruis is a bright star in the southern constellation Grus, visible to the naked eye and used as a reference point in that region of the sky.
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E.
Gamma Doradus
Gamma Doradus is a variable star in the southern constellation Dorado, serving as the prototype of the Gamma Doradus class of pulsating variables.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.