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Photometric Elements, Apsidal Motion, and a Third Body in the Eclipsing Binary HP Aur
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| 2000 A UV imaging of a 6 deg diameter field around MU Aurigae
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| Constellation: | Auriga |
| Right ascension: | 05h13m35.59s |
| Declination: | +35°42'03.0" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.338 |
| Distance: | 502.513 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -3.2 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -5.2 |
| B-T magnitude: | 8.424 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.346 |
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