HR 472
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HR 472 is a catalog designation for Achernar, one of the brightest and most rapidly rotating stars in the night sky, located in the constellation Eridanus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HR 472 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22355598 — 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: HR 472 Context triple: [Achernar, hasCatalogIdentifier, HR 472]
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A.
HR 4729
HR 4729 is a bright, massive blue star in the Southern Cross constellation, forming part of the multiple-star system Alpha Crucis.
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B.
HR 4730
HR 4730 is a star listed in the Bright Star Catalogue, identified in the Hipparcos catalog as HIP 60718.
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C.
HR 4727
HR 4727 is the Bright Star Catalogue designation for Epsilon Crucis, a prominent red giant star in the Southern Cross constellation.
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D.
HR 4763
HR 4763 is the Bright Star Catalogue (Harvard Revised) designation for Gamma Crucis, a prominent red giant star in the constellation Crux.
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E.
HR 4656
HR 4656 is a bright blue-white giant star in the Southern Cross constellation, known more commonly as Delta Crucis.
- 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: HR 472 Target entity description: HR 472 is a catalog designation for Achernar, one of the brightest and most rapidly rotating stars in the night sky, located in the constellation Eridanus.
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A.
HR 4729
HR 4729 is a bright, massive blue star in the Southern Cross constellation, forming part of the multiple-star system Alpha Crucis.
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B.
HR 4730
HR 4730 is a star listed in the Bright Star Catalogue, identified in the Hipparcos catalog as HIP 60718.
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C.
HR 4727
HR 4727 is the Bright Star Catalogue designation for Epsilon Crucis, a prominent red giant star in the Southern Cross constellation.
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D.
HR 4763
HR 4763 is the Bright Star Catalogue (Harvard Revised) designation for Gamma Crucis, a prominent red giant star in the constellation Crux.
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E.
HR 4656
HR 4656 is a bright blue-white giant star in the Southern Cross constellation, known more commonly as Delta Crucis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.