HIP 26451
E1516319
UNEXPLORED
HIP 26451 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for HD 37128, better known as Alnilam, the bright blue supergiant star forming the central point of Orion’s Belt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HIP 26451 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22057532 — 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: HIP 26451 Context triple: [HD 37128, hasAlternativeName, HIP 26451]
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A.
HIP 26241
HIP 26241 is a massive, luminous O-type star in the Orion Nebula, serving as the primary ionizing source of the Trapezium cluster.
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B.
HIP 26311
HIP 26311 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alnilam, the bright blue supergiant star forming the central point of Orion’s Belt.
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C.
HIP 26311
HIP 26311 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Beta Doradus, a well-known classical Cepheid variable star in the constellation Dorado.
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D.
HIP 26311
HIP 26311 is a star listed in the Hipparcos Catalogue, also known by its Bright Star Catalogue designation HR 1903.
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E.
HIP 26736
HIP 26736 is a star in the constellation Orion, commonly known by its Bayer designation 50 Orionis.
- 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: HIP 26451 Target entity description: HIP 26451 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for HD 37128, better known as Alnilam, the bright blue supergiant star forming the central point of Orion’s Belt.
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A.
HIP 26241
HIP 26241 is a massive, luminous O-type star in the Orion Nebula, serving as the primary ionizing source of the Trapezium cluster.
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B.
HIP 26311
HIP 26311 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Beta Doradus, a well-known classical Cepheid variable star in the constellation Dorado.
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C.
HIP 26311
HIP 26311 is the Hipparcos catalog designation for Alnilam, the bright blue supergiant star forming the central point of Orion’s Belt.
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D.
HIP 26311
HIP 26311 is a star listed in the Hipparcos Catalogue, also known by its Bright Star Catalogue designation HR 1903.
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E.
HIP 26736
HIP 26736 is a star in the constellation Orion, commonly known by its Bayer designation 50 Orionis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.