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Photometric and spectroscopic studies of cool stars discovered in EXOSAT X-ray images. IV. The northern hemisphere sample
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| Constellation: | Άρκτος Μεγάλη |
| Right ascension: | 12h03m52.32s |
| Declination: | +44°51'31.6" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 9.27 |
| Proper motion RA: | -14 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -41.3 |
| B-T magnitude: | 10.047 |
| V-T magnitude: | 9.335 |
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