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| Constellation: | Dauphin |
| Right ascension: | 20h36m45.14s |
| Declination: | +14°42'57.5" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.692 |
| Distance: | 142.45 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -19.2 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -47.1 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.478 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.757 |
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