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Contact Binaries with Additional Components. I. The Extant Data
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| Radial Velocity Studies of Close Binary Stars. X.
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| Visual multiples. VIII - 1000 MK types
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| Constellation: | Andromeda |
| Right ascension: | 23h44m32.14s |
| Declination: | +46°22'48.6" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 7.684 |
| Distance: | 1020.408 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -9.7 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -1.2 |
| B-T magnitude: | 7.653 |
| V-T magnitude: | 7.682 |
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