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reference star used by telescopes for tracking purposes
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guide star

Summary

guide star ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • guide star's subclass of is recorded as tracking[2].
  • guide star's subclass of is recorded as reference[3].
  • guide star's Commons category is recorded as Guide stars[4].
  • guide star's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0208f5[5].
  • guide star's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780851263[6].
  • guide star's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2780851263[7].

Why It Matters

guide star ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). guide star. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/guide-star
MLA “guide star.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/guide-star.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_guide-star_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{guide star}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/guide-star}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): guide star — https://4ort.xyz/entity/guide-star (retrieved 2026-04-10)

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