HD 34798
E1514325
UNEXPLORED
HD 34798, also known as Nihal, is a bright yellow giant star in the constellation Lepus visible to the naked eye.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HD 34798 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21884723 — 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: HD 34798 Context triple: [Nihal, catalogIdentifier_HD, HD 34798]
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A.
HD 24398
HD 24398, also known as ζ Persei, is a bright blue supergiant star in the constellation Perseus and a prominent member of the Perseus OB2 stellar association.
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B.
HD 37744
HD 37744 is a B-type main-sequence star in the constellation Orion, visible to the naked eye and cataloged under multiple stellar designations including 50 Orionis.
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C.
HD 37742
HD 37742 is the bright blue supergiant star better known as Alnitak, the easternmost star in Orion’s Belt.
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D.
HD 37903
HD 37903 is a hot, young B-type star in the Orion constellation that serves as the primary illuminating source of the reflection nebula NGC 2023.
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E.
HD 23480
HD 23480 is a bright B-type main-sequence star in the constellation Taurus, visible to the naked eye and cataloged under multiple stellar designations including 23 Tauri.
- 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: HD 34798 Target entity description: HD 34798, also known as Nihal, is a bright yellow giant star in the constellation Lepus visible to the naked eye.
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A.
HD 24398
HD 24398, also known as ζ Persei, is a bright blue supergiant star in the constellation Perseus and a prominent member of the Perseus OB2 stellar association.
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B.
HD 37744
HD 37744 is a B-type main-sequence star in the constellation Orion, visible to the naked eye and cataloged under multiple stellar designations including 50 Orionis.
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C.
HD 37742
HD 37742 is the bright blue supergiant star better known as Alnitak, the easternmost star in Orion’s Belt.
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D.
HD 37903
HD 37903 is a hot, young B-type star in the Orion constellation that serves as the primary illuminating source of the reflection nebula NGC 2023.
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E.
HD 23480
HD 23480 is a bright B-type main-sequence star in the constellation Taurus, visible to the naked eye and cataloged under multiple stellar designations including 23 Tauri.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.