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| Constellation: | Aigle |
| Right ascension: | 19h41m23.41s |
| Declination: | -03°50'57.0" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 9.715 |
| Proper motion RA: | -1.5 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -4.4 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.751 |
| V-T magnitude: | 9.718 |
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