Bright Star Catalogue
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The Bright Star Catalogue is a comprehensive astronomical catalog listing all stars of relatively high apparent brightness, widely used as a standard reference in stellar astronomy.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bright Star Catalogue canonical | 85 |
| BrightStarCatalogue | 2 |
| Bright Star Catalogue 4763 | 1 |
| Bright Star Catalogue HR 1156 | 1 |
| Bright Star Catalogue HR 1178 | 1 |
| Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4619040 — 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: Bright Star Catalogue Context triple: [Epsilon Sagittarii, isIncludedIn, Bright Star Catalogue]
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A.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs are comprehensive astronomical catalogs that provide precise positional and photometric data for millions of stars, widely used for research and satellite tracking.
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B.
New General Catalogue
The New General Catalogue is a comprehensive 19th-century astronomical catalog of deep-sky objects, including galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, that remains widely used by astronomers today.
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C.
The Astronomer
"The Astronomer" is a 17th-century painting by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer depicting a scholar studying the heavens in a meticulously rendered interior scene.
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D.
Henry Draper Catalogue
The Henry Draper Catalogue is a pioneering astronomical star catalog that provides spectral classifications and designations for hundreds of thousands of stars, forming a foundational resource in stellar astronomy.
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E.
star catalogue of the southern hemisphere (1679–1678 observations)
The "star catalogue of the southern hemisphere (1679–1678 observations)" is Edmund Halley’s pioneering astronomical work that systematically recorded and mapped the positions of southern-hemisphere stars, significantly expanding contemporary celestial knowledge beyond the northern skies.
- 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: Bright Star Catalogue Target entity description: The Bright Star Catalogue is a comprehensive astronomical catalog listing all stars of relatively high apparent brightness, widely used as a standard reference in stellar astronomy.
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A.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs are comprehensive astronomical catalogs that provide precise positional and photometric data for millions of stars, widely used for research and satellite tracking.
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B.
New General Catalogue
The New General Catalogue is a comprehensive 19th-century astronomical catalog of deep-sky objects, including galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, that remains widely used by astronomers today.
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C.
The Astronomer
"The Astronomer" is a 17th-century painting by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer depicting a scholar studying the heavens in a meticulously rendered interior scene.
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D.
Henry Draper Catalogue
The Henry Draper Catalogue is a pioneering astronomical star catalog that provides spectral classifications and designations for hundreds of thousands of stars, forming a foundational resource in stellar astronomy.
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E.
star catalogue of the southern hemisphere (1679–1678 observations)
The "star catalogue of the southern hemisphere (1679–1678 observations)" is Edmund Halley’s pioneering astronomical work that systematically recorded and mapped the positions of southern-hemisphere stars, significantly expanding contemporary celestial knowledge beyond the northern skies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical catalogue
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reference work ⓘ star catalogue ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
BSC
ⓘ
YBS ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Harvard Revised Photometry Catalogue
ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard Revised Photometry
Yale Bright Star Catalogue ⓘ Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars ⓘ
linked to:
Bright Star Catalogue
|
| catalogDesignationScheme | HR numbers ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Yale University Observatory ⓘ |
| contains |
all stars visible to the naked eye from Earth under good conditions
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over 9000 stars ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | equatorial coordinates ⓘ |
| criterion | includes stars of relatively high apparent brightness ⓘ |
| dataEpoch | various epochs depending on edition ⓘ |
| dataIncluded |
declination
ⓘ
multiple star information (when applicable) ⓘ proper motion ⓘ radial velocity (when available) ⓘ right ascension ⓘ spectral type ⓘ star names and designations ⓘ variability type (when applicable) ⓘ visual magnitude ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
machine-readable data files
ⓘ
printed book ⓘ |
| editor |
Dorrit Hoffleit
ⓘ
Wayne H. Warren Jr. ⓘ |
| field |
astronomy
ⓘ
stellar astronomy ⓘ |
| fifthEditionEditors | Dorrit Hoffleit ⓘ |
| fifthEditionPublicationYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| fifthEditionStarCount | 9110 ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublicationYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublisher | Yale University Observatory ⓘ |
| identifierType | HR number ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| magnitudeLimit | about visual magnitude 6.5 ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Yale University (historically)
ⓘ
linked to:
Yale University
|
| notableEdition | 5th revised edition ⓘ |
| relatedCatalogue |
Henry Draper Catalogue
ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ Tycho Catalogue ⓘ |
| use |
source of stellar magnitudes
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source of stellar positions ⓘ source of stellar proper motions ⓘ source of stellar spectral types ⓘ source of stellar variability information ⓘ standard reference for bright stars ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cross-identification with other star catalogues
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observational planning ⓘ stellar identification ⓘ |
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Referenced by (91)
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star Sterope I
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