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| Constellation: | Schwan |
| Right ascension: | 20h04m25.79s |
| Declination: | +42°11'54.2" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.33 |
| Distance: | 334.448 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | 0.3 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -0.4 |
| B-T magnitude: | 8.21 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.321 |
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