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| Constellation: | Coma Berenices |
| Right ascension: | 12h58m28.11s |
| Declination: | +25°55'20.4" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.493 |
| Distance: | 409.836 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -27.4 |
| Proper motion Dec: | 24.7 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.674 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.591 |
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