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The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood. Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of 14 000 F and G dwarfs
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| Parallaxes and proper motions from the McCormick Observatory - List 46
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| Constellation: | Schwan |
| Right ascension: | 19h37m11.74s |
| Declination: | +28°29'59.5" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 6.678 |
| Distance: | 47.371 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -33.2 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -80.9 |
| B-T magnitude: | 7.396 |
| V-T magnitude: | 6.738 |
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