9 Sagittarii
E479070
9 Sagittarii is a massive, luminous O-type star system in the constellation Sagittarius that plays a key role in energizing and illuminating the surrounding interstellar gas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 9 Sagittarii canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4911599 — 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: 9 Sagittarii Context triple: [Lagoon Nebula, notableIonizingStar, 9 Sagittarii]
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A.
Epsilon Sagittarii
Epsilon Sagittarii is a prominent binary star system in the constellation Sagittarius, notable as one of its most luminous and easily visible stars.
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B.
Lambda Sagittarii
Lambda Sagittarii is a bright star in the constellation Sagittarius that marks the top of the Teapot asterism.
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C.
Zeta Sagittarii
Zeta Sagittarii is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Sagittarius, forming part of the asterism known as the Teapot.
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D.
Phi Sagittarii
Phi Sagittarii is a bright B-type giant star in the constellation Sagittarius, notable as one of the stars forming the asterism known as the Teapot.
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E.
Alpha Capricorni
Alpha Capricorni is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye as a single star but actually composed of two widely separated components.
- 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: 9 Sagittarii Target entity description: 9 Sagittarii is a massive, luminous O-type star system in the constellation Sagittarius that plays a key role in energizing and illuminating the surrounding interstellar gas.
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A.
Epsilon Sagittarii
Epsilon Sagittarii is a prominent binary star system in the constellation Sagittarius, notable as one of its most luminous and easily visible stars.
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B.
Lambda Sagittarii
Lambda Sagittarii is a bright star in the constellation Sagittarius that marks the top of the Teapot asterism.
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C.
Zeta Sagittarii
Zeta Sagittarii is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Sagittarius, forming part of the asterism known as the Teapot.
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D.
Phi Sagittarii
Phi Sagittarii is a bright B-type giant star in the constellation Sagittarius, notable as one of the stars forming the asterism known as the Teapot.
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E.
Alpha Capricorni
Alpha Capricorni is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Capricornus, visible to the naked eye as a single star but actually composed of two widely separated components.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
O-type star
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massive star ⓘ spectroscopic binary ⓘ stellar system ⓘ |
| age | a few million years ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 5.97 ⓘ |
| belongsToClusterOrAssociation |
NGC 6530 region
ⓘ
linked to:
Open cluster NGC 6530
|
| binaryStatus | double-lined spectroscopic binary ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation |
CD−24 13810
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HD 164794 ⓘ HIP 88333 ⓘ HR 6727 ⓘ SAO 186149 ⓘ |
| colorIndexBminusV | +0.19 ⓘ |
| componentCount | 2 ⓘ |
| constellation | Sagittarius ⓘ |
| declination | −24°21′38″ ⓘ |
| distance |
approximately 1,500 parsecs
ⓘ
approximately 5,000 light-years ⓘ |
| drivesIonization |
Lagoon Nebula H II region
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linked to:
Lagoon Nebula
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| drivesStellarWindBubble | yes ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature | about 40,000 K ⓘ |
| energizes | surrounding interstellar gas ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem |
ICRS
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linked to:
International Celestial Reference System
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| evolutionaryStatus | main-sequence ⓘ |
| galacticEnvironment | Lagoon Nebula ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | −1.2 degrees ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 6.0 degrees ⓘ |
| hasStellarWind | yes ⓘ |
| ionizingPhotonSourceFor |
M8 (Lagoon Nebula)
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linked to:
Lagoon Nebula
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| locatedIn |
Milky Way
ⓘ
Sagittarius OB1 association ⓘ
linked to:
Sagittarius OB association region
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| luminosity | several hundred thousand times solar luminosity ⓘ |
| mass | greater than 40 solar masses ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-mass O-type binary in Lagoon Nebula
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strong ionizing radiation field ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | approximately 9.1 days ⓘ |
| parallax | 0.66 mas ⓘ |
| primaryComponentType | O-type main-sequence star ⓘ |
| properMotionDec | −2.27 mas/yr ⓘ |
| properMotionRA | −0.88 mas/yr ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | +11 km/s ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 18h03m52s ⓘ |
| secondaryComponentType | O-type main-sequence star ⓘ |
| spectralType | O4 V((f)) ⓘ |
| variableType | eclipsing binary candidate ⓘ |
| visibleToNakedEye | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 9 Sagittarii Description of subject: 9 Sagittarii is a massive, luminous O-type star system in the constellation Sagittarius that plays a key role in energizing and illuminating the surrounding interstellar gas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.