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Appulses and occultations of SAO stars by Mercury - 1987-1995
While no readily observable occultations were found in the presentpredictions for 78 close approaches by Mercury to stars in theSmithsonian Astrophysical Observatory catalog (1966) over the periodJanuary 1, 1987-December 31, 1995, seven occultations of stars withvisual magnitudes of 7 or fainter are noted. These events are presentedwith a view to searches for material in the vicinity of Mercury, as wellas investigations requiring close, bright stars for the improvement ofground-based Mercury images.
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| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Right ascension: | 09h17m22.14s |
| Declination: | +16°33'04.2" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.883 |
| Distance: | 124.069 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 14.7 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -36.8 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.495 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.934 |
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