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The enigmatic WN8 stars: Intensive photometry of four southern stars on time scales from 30 min to 3 months
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| Constellation: | Vela |
| Right ascension: | 09h52m39.76s |
| Declination: | -55°27'14.0" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 7.928 |
| Distance: | 480.769 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -14.7 |
| Proper motion Dec: | 2.1 |
| B-T magnitude: | 7.849 |
| V-T magnitude: | 7.922 |
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