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| HD 105759, a New Short Period Variable Star
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| Lunar occultation summary. III
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| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Right ascension: | 12h09m47.75s |
| Declination: | -05°13'32.7" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 7.221 |
| Distance: | 66.225 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -45.4 |
| Proper motion Dec: | 13.6 |
| B-T magnitude: | 7.655 |
| V-T magnitude: | 7.257 |
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