HD 10144
E1532912
UNEXPLORED
HD 10144, better known as Achernar, is a bright, rapidly rotating blue-white star in the constellation Eridanus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HD 10144 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22355599 — 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 10144 Context triple: [Achernar, hasCatalogIdentifier, HD 10144]
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A.
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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B.
HD 108248
HD 108248 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for Alpha Crucis, the brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
HD 37128
HD 37128, better known as Alnilam, is a luminous blue supergiant star forming the central star of Orion’s Belt in the constellation Orion.
- 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 10144 Target entity description: HD 10144, better known as Achernar, is a bright, rapidly rotating blue-white star in the constellation Eridanus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
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A.
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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B.
HD 108248
HD 108248 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for Alpha Crucis, the brightest star in the Southern Cross constellation.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
HD 37128
HD 37128, better known as Alnilam, is a luminous blue supergiant star forming the central star of Orion’s Belt in the constellation Orion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.