Gamma Monocerotis
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Gamma Monocerotis is a relatively bright star in the constellation Monoceros, visible to the naked eye and used as a reference point within this faint region of the night sky.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gamma Monocerotis canonical | 1 |
| γ Monocerotis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5775503 — 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: Gamma Monocerotis Context triple: [Monoceros, contains, Gamma Monocerotis]
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A.
Alpha Monocerotis
Alpha Monocerotis is a relatively bright giant star located in the constellation Monoceros, visible to the naked eye under good conditions.
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B.
Beta Monocerotis
Beta Monocerotis is a bright multiple-star system in the constellation Monoceros, notable for its visually striking trio of closely spaced, luminous stars.
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C.
S Monocerotis
S Monocerotis is a variable star system located in the constellation Monoceros, known for its brightness changes over time.
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D.
Gamma Microscopii
Gamma Microscopii is a yellow giant star in the southern constellation Microscopium, notable as its most luminous visible member.
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E.
Kappa Tucanae
Kappa Tucanae is a star system located in the southern constellation Tucana.
- 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: Gamma Monocerotis Target entity description: Gamma Monocerotis is a relatively bright star in the constellation Monoceros, visible to the naked eye and used as a reference point within this faint region of the night sky.
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A.
Alpha Monocerotis
Alpha Monocerotis is a relatively bright giant star located in the constellation Monoceros, visible to the naked eye under good conditions.
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B.
Beta Monocerotis
Beta Monocerotis is a bright multiple-star system in the constellation Monoceros, notable for its visually striking trio of closely spaced, luminous stars.
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C.
S Monocerotis
S Monocerotis is a variable star system located in the constellation Monoceros, known for its brightness changes over time.
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D.
Gamma Microscopii
Gamma Microscopii is a yellow giant star in the southern constellation Microscopium, notable as its most luminous visible member.
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E.
Kappa Tucanae
Kappa Tucanae is a star system located in the southern constellation Tucana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | star ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 4.1 ⓘ |
| bayerDesignation |
Gamma Mon
ⓘ
γ Monocerotis ⓘ
linked to:
Gamma Monocerotis
|
| catalog |
Henry Draper Catalogue
ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ Tycho Catalogue ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | Northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| colorIndexBMinusV | +1.0 ⓘ |
| constellation | Monoceros ⓘ |
| declination | −06° 16′ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarthLightYears | about 800 ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem |
ICRS
ⓘ
linked to:
International Celestial Reference System
|
| evolutionaryStage | giant star ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | thin disk ⓘ |
| hasColor | orange ⓘ |
| hasConstellationAbbreviation | Mon ⓘ |
| isRelativelyBrightInConstellation | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Milky Way ⓘ |
| luminosityComparedToSun | hundreds of times the Sun ⓘ |
| parallaxMilliarcseconds | about 4.0 ⓘ |
| photosphericTemperatureKelvin | about 4800 ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | receding from the Sun ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 06h 14m ⓘ |
| spectralType | K0III ⓘ |
| usedAsReferencePoint | true ⓘ |
| variableStar | false ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Earth ⓘ |
| visibleToNakedEye | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gamma Monocerotis Description of subject: Gamma Monocerotis is a relatively bright star in the constellation Monoceros, visible to the naked eye and used as a reference point within this faint region of the night sky.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gamma Monocerotis