50 Cygni
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50 Cygni is the Flamsteed designation for Deneb, one of the brightest stars in the night sky and the luminous supergiant that forms the tail of the constellation Cygnus and a vertex of the Summer Triangle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 50 Cygni canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23527466 — 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: 50 Cygni Context triple: [Deneb, flamsteedDesignation, 50 Cygni]
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A.
Zeta Centauri
Zeta Centauri is a bright blue-white giant star in the southern constellation Centaurus, visible to the naked eye from much of the Southern Hemisphere.
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B.
ω Centauri
ω Centauri is the largest and most massive known globular star cluster in the Milky Way, notable for its unusually complex stellar populations and possible origin as the remnant core of a dwarf galaxy.
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C.
Eta Sagittarii
Eta Sagittarii is a bright giant star in the constellation Sagittarius that forms part of the archer’s bow asterism.
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D.
50 Orionis
50 Orionis is a star in the constellation Orion, known as the Flamsteed-designated counterpart of the bright multiple star system Alnitak in Orion’s Belt.
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E.
Rho Puppis
Rho Puppis is a bright, evolved Delta Scuti-type variable star in the constellation Puppis, notable for its pulsations and use in stellar astrophysics studies.
- 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: 50 Cygni Target entity description: 50 Cygni is the Flamsteed designation for Deneb, one of the brightest stars in the night sky and the luminous supergiant that forms the tail of the constellation Cygnus and a vertex of the Summer Triangle.
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A.
Zeta Centauri
Zeta Centauri is a bright blue-white giant star in the southern constellation Centaurus, visible to the naked eye from much of the Southern Hemisphere.
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B.
ω Centauri
ω Centauri is the largest and most massive known globular star cluster in the Milky Way, notable for its unusually complex stellar populations and possible origin as the remnant core of a dwarf galaxy.
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C.
Eta Sagittarii
Eta Sagittarii is a bright giant star in the constellation Sagittarius that forms part of the archer’s bow asterism.
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D.
50 Orionis
50 Orionis is a star in the constellation Orion, known as the Flamsteed-designated counterpart of the bright multiple star system Alnitak in Orion’s Belt.
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E.
Rho Puppis
Rho Puppis is a bright, evolved Delta Scuti-type variable star in the constellation Puppis, notable for its pulsations and use in stellar astrophysics studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.