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| Constellation: | Capricorne |
| Right ascension: | 20h51m27.86s |
| Declination: | -21°55'17.1" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 9.485 |
| Proper motion RA: | -5.8 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -4.9 |
| B-T magnitude: | 11.017 |
| V-T magnitude: | 9.612 |
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