Armagh Catalogue of Stars
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The Armagh Catalogue of Stars is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog compiled at Armagh Observatory, listing precise positions and related data for thousands of stars.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Armagh Catalogue of Stars canonical | 2 |
| Catalogus novus stellarum duplicium | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4723513 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Armagh Catalogue of Stars Context triple: [John Thomas Romney Robinson, notableWork, Armagh Catalogue of Stars]
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A.
Bright Star Catalogue
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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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.
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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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.
Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky
Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky is an early 18th-century astronomical catalog compiled by Edmund Halley that systematically recorded and improved the positions of stars in the southern celestial hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Armagh Catalogue of Stars Target entity description: The Armagh Catalogue of Stars is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog compiled at Armagh Observatory, listing precise positions and related data for thousands of stars.
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A.
Bright Star Catalogue
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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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.
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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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.
Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky
Halley’s star catalogue of the southern sky is an early 18th-century astronomical catalog compiled by Edmund Halley that systematically recorded and improved the positions of stars in the southern celestial hemisphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical catalogue
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star catalogue ⓘ |
| catalogueSize | thousands of stars ⓘ |
| chronology | pre-photographic era ⓘ |
| compiledAt | Armagh Observatory ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| dataType |
apparent magnitudes
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equatorial coordinates ⓘ star designations ⓘ |
| describes | star ⓘ |
| field |
astrometry
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astronomy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
declination data
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magnitude data ⓘ right ascension data ⓘ star identifiers ⓘ stellar positions ⓘ |
| institution | Armagh Observatory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Armagh ⓘ |
| name | Armagh Catalogue of Stars ⓘ |
| precision | precise stellar positions ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical studies of astrometry ⓘ |
| temporalContext | 19th century ⓘ |
| use |
celestial navigation
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comparison with modern star catalogues ⓘ positional astronomy ⓘ proper motion studies ⓘ |
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linked to: Armagh Catalogue of Stars