UY Scuti
E481664
UY Scuti is an extremely large red supergiant star, among the biggest known in the Milky Way, located in the constellation Scutum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UY Scuti canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4943663 — 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: UY Scuti Context triple: [Scutum, contains, UY Scuti]
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A.
UY Scuti
UY Scuti is a 2021 studio album by Nigerian rapper and singer Olamide that blends Afrobeats, hip-hop, and pop influences.
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B.
Beta Scuti
Beta Scuti is a prominent giant star in the constellation Scutum, notable as one of its brightest members.
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C.
B Cassiopeiae
B Cassiopeiae is the historic supernova observed in 1572 in the constellation Cassiopeia, famously studied by Tycho Brahe and crucial to early modern astronomy.
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D.
Mu Serpentis
Mu Serpentis is a relatively bright A-type main-sequence star located in the tail region of the constellation Serpens.
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E.
V Coronae Australis
V Coronae Australis is a variable star located in the southern constellation Corona Australis.
- 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: UY Scuti Target entity description: UY Scuti is an extremely large red supergiant star, among the biggest known in the Milky Way, located in the constellation Scutum.
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A.
UY Scuti
UY Scuti is a 2021 studio album by Nigerian rapper and singer Olamide that blends Afrobeats, hip-hop, and pop influences.
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B.
Beta Scuti
Beta Scuti is a prominent giant star in the constellation Scutum, notable as one of its brightest members.
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C.
B Cassiopeiae
B Cassiopeiae is the historic supernova observed in 1572 in the constellation Cassiopeia, famously studied by Tycho Brahe and crucial to early modern astronomy.
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D.
Mu Serpentis
Mu Serpentis is a relatively bright A-type main-sequence star located in the tail region of the constellation Serpens.
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E.
V Coronae Australis
V Coronae Australis is a variable star located in the southern constellation Corona Australis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
red supergiant star
ⓘ
star ⓘ variable star ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 8.5 ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Scutum star-forming region
ⓘ
linked to:
Scutum Star Cloud
|
| catalogDesignation | UY Scuti ⓘ |
| celestialBodyType | red supergiant ⓘ |
| color | red ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | equatorial coordinates ⓘ |
| declination | approximately −12° 27′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | German astronomers at Bonn Observatory ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1860 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 2.9 kiloparsecs
ⓘ
about 9,500 light-years ⓘ |
| evolutionaryStage | late stage massive star ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | near the Galactic plane ⓘ |
| galacticQuadrant | inner Milky Way ⓘ |
| hasExtendedAtmosphere | yes ⓘ |
| hasPulsations | yes ⓘ |
| hasStrongStellarWind | yes ⓘ |
| hasUncertainParameters |
distance
ⓘ
radius ⓘ |
| heliocentricRadialVelocity | positive (receding from the Sun) ⓘ |
| isAmong | largest known stars by radius ⓘ |
| isNakedEyeVisible | no ⓘ |
| isSingleStar | no confirmed close stellar companion ⓘ |
| isUsedAsExampleOf | extreme stellar size ⓘ |
| likelyFuture | core-collapse supernova ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Scutum ⓘ |
| locatedInGalaxy | Milky Way ⓘ |
| luminosity | hundreds of thousands of times the Sun’s luminosity ⓘ |
| luminosityClass | Ia ⓘ |
| mass | several times the mass of the Sun ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| originalDesignation | BD−12°5055 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Milky Way disk
ⓘ
linked to:
Milky Way
|
| pulsationEffect | causes variability in brightness ⓘ |
| radius |
on the order of 1,700 solar radii (model-dependent)
ⓘ
over 1,000 times the radius of the Sun ⓘ |
| requiresTelescope | small telescope or binoculars ⓘ |
| rightAscension | approximately 18h 27m ⓘ |
| spectralClass | M4 ⓘ |
| spectralType | M-type ⓘ |
| surfaceTemperature | cool compared to the Sun ⓘ |
| undergoesMassLoss | yes ⓘ |
| variableStarType | semiregular variable ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: UY Scuti Description of subject: UY Scuti is an extremely large red supergiant star, among the biggest known in the Milky Way, located in the constellation Scutum.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.