Alpha Cygni
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Alpha Cygni, also known as Deneb, is a luminous blue-white supergiant star that forms the tail of the constellation Cygnus and is one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alpha Cygni canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16692501 — 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: Alpha Cygni Context triple: [Cygnus, containsStar, Alpha Cygni]
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A.
Delta Cygni
Delta Cygni is a multiple star system in the constellation Cygnus, notable as one of its brighter stars and a future candidate for the Northern Pole Star due to Earth's axial precession.
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B.
Zeta Canis Majoris
Zeta Canis Majoris, also known as Furud, is a bright B-type main-sequence star in the constellation Canis Major.
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C.
Eta Canis Majoris
Eta Canis Majoris, also known as Aludra, is a luminous blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major and one of its brightest members.
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D.
Zeta Cygni
Zeta Cygni is a bright binary star system in the constellation Cygnus, consisting of a yellow giant primary and a white dwarf companion.
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E.
Delta Centauri
Delta Centauri is a bright blue-white giant star in the southern constellation Centaurus, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of its prominent stellar members.
- 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: Alpha Cygni Target entity description: Alpha Cygni, also known as Deneb, is a luminous blue-white supergiant star that forms the tail of the constellation Cygnus and is one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
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A.
Delta Cygni
Delta Cygni is a multiple star system in the constellation Cygnus, notable as one of its brighter stars and a future candidate for the Northern Pole Star due to Earth's axial precession.
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B.
Zeta Canis Majoris
Zeta Canis Majoris, also known as Furud, is a bright B-type main-sequence star in the constellation Canis Major.
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C.
Eta Canis Majoris
Eta Canis Majoris, also known as Aludra, is a luminous blue supergiant star in the constellation Canis Major and one of its brightest members.
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D.
Zeta Cygni
Zeta Cygni is a bright binary star system in the constellation Cygnus, consisting of a yellow giant primary and a white dwarf companion.
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E.
Delta Centauri
Delta Centauri is a bright blue-white giant star in the southern constellation Centaurus, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of its prominent stellar members.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.