γ Herculis
E925093
γ Herculis is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of the constellation’s principal stars.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| γ Herculis canonical | 2 |
| 30 Herculis | 1 |
| Gamma Her | 1 |
| Gamma Herculis | 1 |
| γ Herculis B | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11376980 — 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: γ Herculis Context triple: [Hercules, hasStar, γ Herculis]
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A.
β Herculis
β Herculis is a bright binary star system in the constellation Hercules, commonly known by its traditional name Kornephoros.
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B.
α Herculis
α Herculis is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Hercules, dominated by a luminous red giant visible to the naked eye.
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C.
η Herculis
η Herculis is a bright giant star in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and used as a reference point near the globular cluster M13.
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D.
Beta Scuti
Beta Scuti is a prominent giant star in the constellation Scutum, notable as one of its brightest members.
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E.
Gamma Microscopii
Gamma Microscopii is a yellow giant star in the southern constellation Microscopium, notable as its most luminous visible member.
- 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: γ Herculis Target entity description: γ Herculis is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of the constellation’s principal stars.
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A.
β Herculis
β Herculis is a bright binary star system in the constellation Hercules, commonly known by its traditional name Kornephoros.
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B.
α Herculis
α Herculis is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Hercules, dominated by a luminous red giant visible to the naked eye.
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C.
η Herculis
η Herculis is a bright giant star in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and used as a reference point near the globular cluster M13.
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D.
Beta Scuti
Beta Scuti is a prominent giant star in the constellation Scutum, notable as one of its brightest members.
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E.
Gamma Microscopii
Gamma Microscopii is a yellow giant star in the southern constellation Microscopium, notable as its most luminous visible member.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multiple star system
ⓘ
star ⓘ star ⓘ star system in constellation Hercules ⓘ stellar system ⓘ |
| apparentColor | white ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeRange | about 3.7–3.8 ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 3.75 ⓘ |
| bayerDesignation |
Gamma Herculis
ⓘ
linked to:
γ Herculis
γ Herculis ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Hercules constellation pattern ⓘ |
| belongsToAsterism |
Keystone of Hercules (nearby principal stars)
ⓘ
linked to:
constellation Hercules
|
| bestSeenIn | summer in Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| catalogIdentifier |
HD 150680
ⓘ
HIP 81693 ⓘ HR 6212 ⓘ |
| celestialObjectType |
multiple star
ⓘ
star ⓘ |
| colorIndexB−V | about −0.03 ⓘ |
| constellation | Hercules ⓘ |
| declination | +19° (approx) ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 190 light-years
ⓘ
about 58 parsecs ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem |
ICRS
ⓘ
linked to:
International Celestial Reference System
|
| evolutionaryStage | giant branch ⓘ |
| flamsteedDesignation |
30 Herculis
ⓘ
linked to:
γ Herculis
|
| galacticPopulation | thin disk ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
30 Her
ⓘ
linked to:
30 Herculis
Gamma Her ⓘ
linked to:
γ Herculis
|
| hasComponent |
γ Herculis A
ⓘ
γ Herculis B ⓘ
linked to:
γ Herculis
|
| hasRadialVelocity | measurable ⓘ |
| hemisphereVisibility | northern sky ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Constellation Hercules
ⓘ
linked to:
constellation Hercules
|
| locatedIn | Milky Way ⓘ |
| luminosityClass | III ⓘ |
| multipleSystemComponents | at least two ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a bright multiple star system
ⓘ
being one of the principal stars of Hercules ⓘ |
| observedBy | ground-based optical telescopes ⓘ |
| parallax | about 17 milliarcseconds ⓘ |
| properMotion | significant ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 16h 21m (approx) ⓘ |
| skyPositionRole | principal star of Hercules ⓘ |
| spectralClass | A9 III ⓘ |
| spectralType | A-type giant star ⓘ |
| variableStarStatus | suspected variable ⓘ |
| visibility | naked eye ⓘ |
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: γ Herculis Description of subject: γ Herculis is a bright multiple star system in the constellation Hercules, visible to the naked eye and notable as one of the constellation’s principal stars.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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