rightAscension

P6949
predicate

Indicates the angular distance of an object measured eastward along the celestial equator from the vernal equinox, specifying its position in the sky.

All labels observed (24)

Label Occurrences
rightAscension canonical 589
hasRightAscension 172
rightAscension_J2000 33

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: rightAscension
Generated description
Indicates the angular distance of an object measured eastward along the celestial equator from the vernal equinox, specifying its position in the sky.

Sample triples (836)

Subject Object
Pleiades 03h 47m ⓘ
Seven Sisters 03h 47m ⓘ
M45 03h 47m ⓘ
Andromeda Galaxy 00h 42m 44.3s via predicate surface "rightAscension_J2000" ⓘ
Triangulum Galaxy 01h 33m 50.9s ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud about 00h 52m ⓘ
Orion approximately 5 hours via predicate surface "hasRightAscension" ⓘ
Cancer about 8h 30m (central) via predicate surface "hasRightAscension" ⓘ
Aldebaran 04h 35m 55.2s ⓘ
23 Tauri 03h 46m 19s ⓘ
Tau Ceti 01h 44m 04s ⓘ
Epsilon Eridani 03h 32m 55s ⓘ
M13 16h 41m ⓘ
Southern Ring Nebula 10h 07m 01s ⓘ
Rosette Nebula 06h 33m ⓘ
Andromeda IV 00h 42m 32s ⓘ
Messier 20 18h 02m ⓘ
Double Cluster 02h 19m ⓘ
Open cluster M11 18h 51m ⓘ
Open cluster M25 18h 31m ⓘ
NGC 6530 18h 04m ⓘ
M32 00h 42m 41.8s ⓘ
M110 00h 40m 22s ⓘ
NGC 6822 19h 44m 57s ⓘ
Andromeda I 00h 45m ⓘ
Epsilon Sagittarii 18h 24m 10s (approx) ⓘ
Kaus Australis 18h 24m 10.3s via predicate surface "hasRightAscension" ⓘ
Kaus Media approximately 18h 20m via predicate surface "hasRightAscension" ⓘ
NGC 1432 03h 46m (approximate) via predicate surface "rightAscensionEpochJ2000" ⓘ
Andromeda III 00h 35m (approximate) ⓘ
Messier 17 18h 20m ⓘ
Eagle Nebula 18h 18m ⓘ
Messier 22 18h 36m ⓘ
NGC 7538 23h 13m ⓘ
NGC 281 00h 52m ⓘ
Lagoon Nebula 18h 03m ⓘ
Andromeda VI 23h 51m via predicate surface "rightAscension_J2000_approx" ⓘ
Messier 24 18h 17m ⓘ
NGC 224 00h 42m 44.3s ⓘ
Dorado approximately 5 hours ⓘ
NGC 205 00h 40m 22s ⓘ
Trifid Nebula 18h 02m ⓘ
Andromeda VII about 23h 26m ⓘ
Messier 25 18h 31m ⓘ
Ascella approximately 19h 02m ⓘ
Taygeta 03h 45m (approximate) ⓘ
Andromeda IX 00h 52m (approximate) ⓘ
Messier 28 18h 24m ⓘ
Melotte 22 03h 47m ⓘ
NGC 598 01h 33m 50.9s ⓘ