Bonner Durchmusterung
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Bonner Durchmusterung is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog that systematically surveyed and recorded the positions and magnitudes of hundreds of thousands of stars in the northern sky.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bonner Durchmusterung canonical | 14 |
| Bonner Durchmusterung North | 1 |
| Bonner Durchmusterung star catalogue | 1 |
| BonnerDurchmusterung | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bonner Durchmusterung Context triple: [Henry Draper Catalogue, precededBy, Bonner Durchmusterung]
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A.
Armagh Catalogue of Stars
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) catalog
The David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) catalog is an astronomical catalog of dwarf galaxies compiled from observations at the David Dunlap Observatory, widely used in studies of nearby low-luminosity galaxies.
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E.
Caldwell catalogue
The Caldwell catalogue is an astronomical list of 109 bright star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies compiled by Patrick Moore as a complement to the Messier catalogue, intended for observation by amateur astronomers.
- 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: Bonner Durchmusterung Target entity description: Bonner Durchmusterung is a 19th-century astronomical star catalog that systematically surveyed and recorded the positions and magnitudes of hundreds of thousands of stars in the northern sky.
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A.
Armagh Catalogue of Stars
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) catalog
The David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) catalog is an astronomical catalog of dwarf galaxies compiled from observations at the David Dunlap Observatory, widely used in studies of nearby low-luminosity galaxies.
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E.
Caldwell catalogue
The Caldwell catalogue is an astronomical list of 109 bright star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies compiled by Patrick Moore as a complement to the Messier catalogue, intended for observation by amateur astronomers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century scientific project
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astronomical catalog ⓘ star catalog ⓘ |
| catalogCode | BD ⓘ |
| compiledBy |
Adalbert Krüger
ⓘ
Eduard Schönfeld ⓘ Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander ⓘ
linked to:
Friedrich Argelander
|
| coordinateSystem | equatorial coordinates ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to:
Prussia
|
| coversRegion | northern sky ⓘ |
| dataType |
declination
ⓘ
right ascension ⓘ visual magnitude ⓘ |
| declinationRange | +90 degrees to -1 degree ⓘ |
| endTime | 1861 ⓘ |
| epoch | 1855.0 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| field | astronomy ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Cordoba Durchmusterung
ⓘ
Südliche Durchmusterung ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Photographic Durchmusterung
|
| hasAbbreviation | BD ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bonner Durchmusterung North
ⓘ
linked to:
Bonner Durchmusterung
|
| influenced |
BD star designation system
ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locationOfWork | Bonn Observatory ⓘ |
| magnitudeLimit | about 9.5 ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
stars
ⓘ
stellar magnitudes ⓘ stellar positions ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bonn ⓘ |
| notation | BD +DD NNNN ⓘ |
| numberOfStars | approximately 324000 ⓘ |
| observatory | Bonn Observatory ⓘ |
| publicationDate |
1859
ⓘ
1862 ⓘ |
| publisher | Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Sternwarte zu Bonn ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Cape Photographic Durchmusterung
ⓘ
Cordoba Durchmusterung ⓘ Südliche Durchmusterung ⓘ
linked to:
Cordoba Durchmusterung
|
| significance |
first large-scale systematic survey of northern stars
ⓘ
standard reference for stellar positions in late 19th century ⓘ |
| startTime | 1852 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
astrometry
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reference catalog for positional astronomy ⓘ |
| usesInstrument | 7.5-cm refractor ⓘ |
| usesMethod | visual meridian circle observations ⓘ |
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Referenced by (17)
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linked to: Bonner Durchmusterung
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HD Catalogue
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