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| CCD Times of Minima of Some Eclipsing Binaries in 2002
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| Constellation: | Bootes |
| Right ascension: | 15h03m18.22s |
| Declination: | +46°46'52.8" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 9.408 |
| Proper motion RA: | -51.3 |
| Proper motion Dec: | 7.2 |
| B-T magnitude: | 10.067 |
| V-T magnitude: | 9.463 |
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