Statements (53)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:star
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Vela
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gptkbp:age |
1 billion years
|
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude |
1.6
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gptkbp:area |
approximately 5 solar radii
|
gptkbp:average_temperature |
approximately 20,000 K
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gptkbp:controls |
gptkb:theorem
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gptkbp:depicted_in |
gptkb:battle
amateur astronomers southern hemisphere night sky |
gptkbp:distance |
about 80 light years
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gptkbp:has_color |
-0.2
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gptkbp:has_friend |
Gamma Velorum B
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gptkbp:has_luminosity |
approximately 3,000 times that of the Sun
|
gptkbp:has_spectral_type |
B2 IV
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gptkbp:has_team |
-0.12 arcseconds/year in Dec
0.15 arcseconds/year in RA |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Gamma Velorum
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gptkbp:includes |
astronomical databases
star catalogs |
gptkbp:is_associated_with |
stellar evolution studies
stellar formation regions |
gptkbp:is_considered_as |
a navigational star
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gptkbp:is_known_for |
its blue color
its role in navigation history also known as Suhail |
gptkbp:is_located_near |
other bright stars
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gptkbp:is_noted_for |
its brightness
its high temperature |
gptkbp:is_observed_in |
telescopes
various wavelengths including infrared |
gptkbp:is_part_of |
gptkb:Vela_constellation
gptkb:Milky_Way_galaxy multiple star systems the celestial sphere the local stellar neighborhood stellar associations IC 2391 cluster the Milky Way's disk constellation Vela the Vela supernova remnant the southern sky's bright stars |
gptkbp:is_studied_in |
astronomers worldwide
its binary nature |
gptkbp:is_used_in |
astrophysics research
navigation by sailors stellar classification studies |
gptkbp:lighting |
most stars in the night sky
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gptkbp:located_in |
southern celestial hemisphere
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gptkbp:mass |
approximately 10 solar masses
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gptkbp:scientific_classification |
gptkb:star
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gptkbp:type_of |
B-type giant star
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