BD+16 629
E581543
BD+16 629 is a star in the constellation Taurus, listed in multiple stellar catalogs and also known by the designation HR 1457.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BD+16 629 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6287175 — 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: BD+16 629 Context triple: [HR 1457, catalogDesignation, BD+16 629]
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A.
BD+12 1919
BD+12 1919 is a stellar catalog designation for Acubens, a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer that serves as one of its primary named stars.
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B.
BD+18 2019
BD+18 2019 is a Bonner Durchmusterung catalog designation corresponding to the star Asellus Australis (Delta Cancri) in the constellation Cancer.
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C.
BD+23 550
BD+23 550 is a star in the constellation Taurus, better known as Taygeta, one of the prominent members of the Pleiades star cluster.
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D.
BD+
BD+ is an additional digital rights management and content protection system used on Blu-ray Discs to prevent unauthorized copying and tampering.
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E.
BD+30 540
BD+30 540 is a young, massive star located in the Perseus OB2 stellar association, a nearby group of hot, luminous OB-type stars in the constellation Perseus.
- 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: BD+16 629 Target entity description: BD+16 629 is a star in the constellation Taurus, listed in multiple stellar catalogs and also known by the designation HR 1457.
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A.
BD+12 1919
BD+12 1919 is a stellar catalog designation for Acubens, a multiple star system in the constellation Cancer that serves as one of its primary named stars.
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B.
BD+18 2019
BD+18 2019 is a Bonner Durchmusterung catalog designation corresponding to the star Asellus Australis (Delta Cancri) in the constellation Cancer.
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C.
BD+23 550
BD+23 550 is a star in the constellation Taurus, better known as Taygeta, one of the prominent members of the Pleiades star cluster.
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D.
BD+
BD+ is an additional digital rights management and content protection system used on Blu-ray Discs to prevent unauthorized copying and tampering.
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E.
BD+30 540
BD+30 540 is a young, massive star located in the Perseus OB2 stellar association, a nearby group of hot, luminous OB-type stars in the constellation Perseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | star ⓘ |
| catalog |
Bonner Durchmusterung
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bright Star Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation |
BD+16 629
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HR 1457 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern sky ⓘ |
| constellation | Taurus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epoch | J2000 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Milky Way ⓘ |
| visibleIn | optical wavelength ⓘ |
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: BD+16 629 Description of subject: BD+16 629 is a star in the constellation Taurus, listed in multiple stellar catalogs and also known by the designation HR 1457.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.