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| Constellation: | Capricornus |
| Right ascension: | 21h10m07.93s |
| Declination: | -24°49'23.2" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.541 |
| Distance: | 52.994 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 174.9 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -36.6 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.344 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.608 |
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