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Spitzer 24 ?m Excesses for Bright Galactic Stars in Boötes and First Look Survey Fields
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| A Catalog of Northern Stars with Annual Proper Motions Larger than 0.15" (LSPM-NORTH Catalog)
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| Improved Astrometry and Photometry for the Luyten Catalog. II. Faint Stars and the Revised Catalog
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| Constellation: | Βοώτης |
| Right ascension: | 14h36m18.67s |
| Declination: | +34°13'03.2" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 11.193 |
| Proper motion RA: | -209 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -56.5 |
| B-T magnitude: | 11.877 |
| V-T magnitude: | 11.25 |
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