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| Constellation: | Paon |
| Right ascension: | 17h50m09.72s |
| Declination: | -67°29'32.9" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 9.273 |
| Distance: | 33.19 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 17.9 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -298.7 |
| B-T magnitude: | 10.511 |
| V-T magnitude: | 9.376 |
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