Beta Coronae Australis
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Beta Coronae Australis is a relatively bright star in the southern constellation Corona Australis, visible to the naked eye from dark-sky locations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beta Coronae Australis canonical | 2 |
| 7 Coronae Australis | 1 |
| β Coronae Australis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4531805 — 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: Beta Coronae Australis Context triple: [Corona Australis, contains, Beta Coronae Australis]
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A.
Alpha Coronae Australis
Alpha Coronae Australis is the brightest star in the southern constellation Corona Australis, visible to the naked eye in the night sky.
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B.
TY Coronae Australis
TY Coronae Australis is a young variable star in the Corona Australis constellation, associated with a nearby star-forming region and circumstellar material.
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C.
V Coronae Australis
V Coronae Australis is a variable star located in the southern constellation Corona Australis.
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D.
Beta Capricorni
Beta Capricorni is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye and often used as a reference point in the southern sky.
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E.
Delta Crucis
Delta Crucis is a bright blue-white giant star in the Southern Cross constellation, prominently featured on the Australian national flag.
- 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: Beta Coronae Australis Target entity description: Beta Coronae Australis is a relatively bright star in the southern constellation Corona Australis, visible to the naked eye from dark-sky locations.
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A.
Alpha Coronae Australis
Alpha Coronae Australis is the brightest star in the southern constellation Corona Australis, visible to the naked eye in the night sky.
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B.
TY Coronae Australis
TY Coronae Australis is a young variable star in the Corona Australis constellation, associated with a nearby star-forming region and circumstellar material.
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C.
V Coronae Australis
V Coronae Australis is a variable star located in the southern constellation Corona Australis.
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D.
Beta Capricorni
Beta Capricorni is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye and often used as a reference point in the southern sky.
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E.
Delta Crucis
Delta Crucis is a bright blue-white giant star in the Southern Cross constellation, prominently featured on the Australian national flag.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomicalObject
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star ⓘ |
| apparentColor | orange ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 4.11 ⓘ |
| bayerDesignation |
β Coronae Australis
ⓘ
linked to:
Beta Coronae Australis
|
| belongsToAsterism | Corona Australis constellation figure ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| colorIndexBMinusV | +1.11 ⓘ |
| constellation | Corona Australis ⓘ |
| declination | −39° 20′ 38″ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 135 parsecs
ⓘ
approximately 440 light-years ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature | about 4700 K ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem |
ICRS
ⓘ
linked to:
International Celestial Reference System
|
| evolutionaryStage |
bright giant
ⓘ
giant star ⓘ |
| flamsteedDesignation |
7 Coronae Australis
ⓘ
linked to:
Beta Coronae Australis
|
| galacticLatitude | −14.9° ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 0.5° ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | thin disk ⓘ |
| hasCompanions | no well-established stellar companion ⓘ |
| HDNumber | HD 177483 ⓘ |
| HIPNumber | HIP 93747 ⓘ |
| HRNumber | HR 7234 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Milky Way ⓘ |
| luminosity | approximately 400 times solar luminosity ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 3 solar masses ⓘ |
| metallicity | near-solar ⓘ |
| parallax | 7.40 mas ⓘ |
| properMotionDec | −25.39 mas/yr ⓘ |
| properMotionRA | +7.40 mas/yr ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | −11 km/s ⓘ |
| radius | approximately 33 solar radii ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 18h 59m 37s ⓘ |
| spectralType | K0II-III ⓘ |
| variableStarStatus | not known to be variable ⓘ |
| visibility |
best seen from southern latitudes
ⓘ
circumpolar from high southern latitudes ⓘ |
| visibleToNakedEye | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beta Coronae Australis Description of subject: Beta Coronae Australis is a relatively bright star in the southern constellation Corona Australis, visible to the naked eye from dark-sky locations.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Beta Coronae Australis
linked to: Beta Coronae Australis