HR 2061
E557729
HR 2061 is the Bright Star Catalogue designation for Betelgeuse, the prominent red supergiant star in the constellation Orion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HR 2061 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5958656 — 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 2061 Context triple: [Betelgeuse, catalogIdentifier, HR 2061]
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A.
HR 1903
HR 1903 is the Bright Star Catalogue designation for Alnilam, the luminous blue supergiant star forming the central point of Orion’s Belt.
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B.
HR 1852
HR 1852 is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Orion, better known as Mintaka, one of the three stars forming Orion’s Belt.
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C.
HR 1149
HR 1149 is a star in the Pleiades open star cluster, also known by the traditional name Taygeta.
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D.
HR 1156
HR 1156 is a catalog designation for 23 Tauri, a star in the constellation Taurus that is part of the Bright Star Catalogue.
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E.
HR 1084
HR 1084 is the catalog designation for Epsilon Eridani, a nearby young K-type main-sequence star known for its prominent debris disk and exoplanetary system.
- 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 2061 Target entity description: HR 2061 is the Bright Star Catalogue designation for Betelgeuse, the prominent red supergiant star in the constellation Orion.
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A.
HR 1903
HR 1903 is the Bright Star Catalogue designation for Alnilam, the luminous blue supergiant star forming the central point of Orion’s Belt.
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B.
HR 1852
HR 1852 is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Orion, better known as Mintaka, one of the three stars forming Orion’s Belt.
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C.
HR 1149
HR 1149 is a star in the Pleiades open star cluster, also known by the traditional name Taygeta.
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D.
HR 1156
HR 1156 is a catalog designation for 23 Tauri, a star in the constellation Taurus that is part of the Bright Star Catalogue.
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E.
HR 1084
HR 1084 is the catalog designation for Epsilon Eridani, a nearby young K-type main-sequence star known for its prominent debris disk and exoplanetary system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bright Star Catalogue object
ⓘ
star ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Alpha Orionis
ⓘ
Betelgeuse ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV |
about 0.5
ⓘ
variable ⓘ |
| bayerDesignation | Alpha Orionis ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Milky Way ⓘ |
| catalogueDesignation |
HD 39801
ⓘ
HIP 27989 ⓘ HR 2061 ⓘ SAO 113271 ⓘ |
| colorIndexBMinusV | about +1.85 ⓘ |
| declination_J2000 | +07° 24′ 25″ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth_ly |
about 550
ⓘ
between 500 and 700 light-years ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature_K | about 3500 ⓘ |
| evolutionaryStage |
late-stage massive star
ⓘ
red supergiant phase ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | thin disk ⓘ |
| hasColor | red ⓘ |
| hasExtendedAtmosphere | true ⓘ |
| hasMassLoss | strong stellar wind and mass loss ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent | experienced significant dimming in 2019–2020 ⓘ |
| hemisphere | celestial northern hemisphere ⓘ |
| isNakedEyeVisible | true ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
brightest stars in the night sky
ⓘ
largest stars visible to the naked eye ⓘ |
| isPartOfAsterism | Orion constellation pattern ⓘ |
| isProminentIn | winter sky of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Orion ⓘ |
| luminosity_solarLuminosities |
about 100000
ⓘ
between 60000 and 140000 ⓘ |
| mass_solarMasses |
about 15
ⓘ
between 10 and 20 ⓘ |
| metallicity_FeH | approximately solar ⓘ |
| parallax_mas | about 4.5 ⓘ |
| positionInConstellation | right shoulder of Orion ⓘ |
| properMotionDec_masPerYr | about 10 ⓘ |
| properMotionRA_masPerYr | about 24 ⓘ |
| radialVelocity_kmPerS | about +21 ⓘ |
| radius_solarRadii |
about 900
ⓘ
between 700 and 1000 ⓘ |
| rightAscension_J2000 | 05h 55m 10.3s ⓘ |
| spectralType | M1–M2 Ia–ab ⓘ |
| variableType | semiregular variable star ⓘ |
| willEndAs | core-collapse supernova ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HR 2061 Description of subject: HR 2061 is the Bright Star Catalogue designation for Betelgeuse, the prominent red supergiant star in the constellation Orion.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.