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Tohoku-Hiroshima-Nagoya planetary spectra library: a method for characterizing planets in the visible to near infrared
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| Constellation: | Pisces |
| Right ascension: | 22h51m33.43s |
| Declination: | -01°48'46.4" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.168 |
| Distance: | 237.53 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -4.8 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -6.7 |
| B-T magnitude: | 8.359 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.184 |
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