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| Identifications of Comparison Stars for RR Lyrae Variables
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| Constellation: | Serpens |
| Right ascension: | 15h29m37.11s |
| Declination: | +01°45'31.0" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.423 |
| Distance: | 85.324 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 22.3 |
| Proper motion Dec: | 27.8 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.039 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.474 |
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