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| HD 121190: A cool multiperiodic slowly pulsating B star with moderate rotation
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| Catalog of Galactic OB Stars
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| The MAIA candidate star HD 208727
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Observation and Astrometry data
| Constellation: | Musca |
| Right ascension: | 12h14m49.31s |
| Declination: | -71°32'03.4" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.303 |
| Distance: | 301.205 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -9.6 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -3.6 |
| B-T magnitude: | 8.478 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.318 |
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