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| Catalog of Galactic OB Stars
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| Absolute proper motions of open clusters. I. Observational data
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| Multicolor Polarization Study of ARA OB1
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| Constellation: | Ara |
| Right ascension: | 16h46m00.66s |
| Declination: | -47°01'19.6" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 9.778 |
| Proper motion RA: | -3.3 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -3.8 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.993 |
| V-T magnitude: | 9.796 |
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