α Lacertae
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α Lacertae is a white main-sequence star in the northern constellation Lacerta and its most luminous visible member.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| α Lacertae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23000112 — 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: α Lacertae Context triple: [Lacerta, brightestStar, α Lacertae]
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A.
Lambda Gruis
Lambda Gruis is a relatively bright star located in the southern constellation of Grus.
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B.
δ Leporis
δ Leporis is a star in the constellation Lepus, visible to the naked eye and designated as Delta Leporis in the Bayer system.
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C.
Eta Cygni
Eta Cygni is an orange giant star in the constellation Cygnus, visible to the naked eye and located relatively close to the Sun on a galactic scale.
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D.
Z Camelopardalis
Z Camelopardalis is a dwarf nova-type cataclysmic variable star in the constellation Camelopardalis, known as the prototype of the Z Camelopardalis subclass that exhibits standstill phases in its brightness variations.
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E.
Alpha Telescopii
Alpha Telescopii is a blue-white giant star that serves as the primary luminary of the southern constellation Telescopium.
- 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: α Lacertae Target entity description: α Lacertae is a white main-sequence star in the northern constellation Lacerta and its most luminous visible member.
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A.
Lambda Gruis
Lambda Gruis is a relatively bright star located in the southern constellation of Grus.
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B.
δ Leporis
δ Leporis is a star in the constellation Lepus, visible to the naked eye and designated as Delta Leporis in the Bayer system.
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C.
Eta Cygni
Eta Cygni is an orange giant star in the constellation Cygnus, visible to the naked eye and located relatively close to the Sun on a galactic scale.
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D.
Z Camelopardalis
Z Camelopardalis is a dwarf nova-type cataclysmic variable star in the constellation Camelopardalis, known as the prototype of the Z Camelopardalis subclass that exhibits standstill phases in its brightness variations.
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E.
Alpha Telescopii
Alpha Telescopii is a blue-white giant star that serves as the primary luminary of the southern constellation Telescopium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.