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| Constellation: | Ophiucus |
| Right ascension: | 17h58m06.01s |
| Declination: | +05°08'49.8" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.929 |
| Proper motion RA: | 6.1 |
| Proper motion Dec: | 17.4 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.476 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.975 |
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