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| Constellation: | Draco |
| Right ascension: | 17h05m56.97s |
| Declination: | +52°01'57.1" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.306 |
| Distance: | 79.491 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -45.1 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -28.1 |
| B-T magnitude: | 8.947 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.359 |
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