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Early ComeOn+ adaptive optics observation of GQ Lupi and its substellar companion
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| Constellation: | Pfau |
| Right ascension: | 17h52m04.74s |
| Declination: | -60°23'37.0" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 7.458 |
| Distance: | 88.496 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 20.2 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -62.6 |
| B-T magnitude: | 7.836 |
| V-T magnitude: | 7.49 |
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