Alpha Arae
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Alpha Arae is a bright, rapidly rotating B-type main-sequence star in the constellation Ara, notable for its strong emission lines and circumstellar disk characteristic of Be stars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alpha Arae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18443698 — 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 Arae Context triple: [Ara, notableStar, Alpha Arae]
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A.
Beta Arae
Beta Arae is a luminous orange giant star in the southern constellation Ara, notable as one of its most prominent stellar members.
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B.
Beta Eridani
Beta Eridani, traditionally known as Cursa, is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Eridanus visible to the naked eye.
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C.
Alpha Eridani
Alpha Eridani, traditionally known as Achernar, is a bright, rapidly rotating blue-white star marking the southern end of the constellation Eridanus.
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D.
Lambda Muscae
Lambda Muscae is a relatively faint main-sequence star located in the southern constellation Musca.
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E.
Theta Eridani
Theta Eridani is a bright binary star system in the constellation Eridanus, visible to the naked eye and often used as a reference point in the southern sky.
- 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 Arae Target entity description: Alpha Arae is a bright, rapidly rotating B-type main-sequence star in the constellation Ara, notable for its strong emission lines and circumstellar disk characteristic of Be stars.
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A.
Beta Arae
Beta Arae is a luminous orange giant star in the southern constellation Ara, notable as one of its most prominent stellar members.
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B.
Beta Eridani
Beta Eridani, traditionally known as Cursa, is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Eridanus visible to the naked eye.
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C.
Alpha Eridani
Alpha Eridani, traditionally known as Achernar, is a bright, rapidly rotating blue-white star marking the southern end of the constellation Eridanus.
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D.
Lambda Muscae
Lambda Muscae is a relatively faint main-sequence star located in the southern constellation Musca.
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E.
Theta Eridani
Theta Eridani is a bright binary star system in the constellation Eridanus, visible to the naked eye and often used as a reference point in the southern sky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.