HD 187642
E1565428
UNEXPLORED
HD 187642, better known as Altair, is a bright, rapidly rotating A-type main-sequence star in the constellation Aquila and one of the closest naked-eye stars to Earth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HD 187642 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22999081 — 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 187642 Context triple: [Altair, hdNumber, HD 187642]
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A.
HD 178428
HD 178428 is a distant star that was selected as one of the targets for the 1999 Cosmic Call interstellar radio message.
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B.
HD 186408
HD 186408 is a Sun-like star in the constellation Cygnus that has been studied as a solar analog and considered a potential host for habitable planets.
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C.
HD 178524
HD 178524, better known as Tau Sagittarii, is a bright giant star in the constellation Sagittarius visible to the naked eye.
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D.
HD 181869
HD 181869 is a star listed in the Henry Draper Catalogue, located in the constellation associated with the SAO 209384 designation.
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E.
HD 169467
HD 169467 is a bright B-type giant star in the constellation Telescopium, better known by its Bayer designation Alpha Telescopii.
- 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 187642 Target entity description: HD 187642, better known as Altair, is a bright, rapidly rotating A-type main-sequence star in the constellation Aquila and one of the closest naked-eye stars to Earth.
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A.
HD 178428
HD 178428 is a distant star that was selected as one of the targets for the 1999 Cosmic Call interstellar radio message.
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B.
HD 186408
HD 186408 is a Sun-like star in the constellation Cygnus that has been studied as a solar analog and considered a potential host for habitable planets.
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C.
HD 178524
HD 178524, better known as Tau Sagittarii, is a bright giant star in the constellation Sagittarius visible to the naked eye.
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D.
HD 181869
HD 181869 is a star listed in the Henry Draper Catalogue, located in the constellation associated with the SAO 209384 designation.
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E.
HD 169467
HD 169467 is a bright B-type giant star in the constellation Telescopium, better known by its Bayer designation Alpha Telescopii.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.