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RAFGL 2591

YSO SIMBAD Y*O 643 papers

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Right ascension: 20h 29m 24.82s
Declination: +40° 11′ 19.6″
Galactic l, b: 78.887, 0.7089
Parallax: 0.3 mas
Proper motion: -1.2, -4.8 mas/yr
Angular size: 0.51′ × 0.4′

Also known as

25 identifiers

2MASS J20292486+4011194BGPS G078.888+00.709BLAST J202925+401118[C84c] 3IRAS 20275+4001JCMTSE J202924.5+401120JCMTSF J202924.5+401120MSX6C G078.8867+00.7087RAFGL 19RAFGL 2591WISE J202925.03+401120.3AFGL 2591 IRSAFGL 2591 N3AKARI-IRC-V1 J2029249+401118[ERG2015] 7226[HLB98] Onsala 135[MJF2000] ANIRS 1[OHJ2020] NOEMA1[RAB2011b] C1[RMB2014] G078.88+00.70[SSS2011] BGPS G78.889+0.711[TCC2003] AFGL 2591 VLA 3[TFT95b] Rad 202735.975+400114.709[TGJ91] AFGL 2591 NIRS 1

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
AFGL 2591 N2	YSO	3.509″	—
AFGL 2591 N1	YSO	5.31″	—
AFGL 2591 N4	Radio	10.2″	—
AFGL 2591 N5	Radio	13.24″	—
UCAC4 652-090932	Star	98.96″	12.8
2MASS J20290750+4012220	YSO Candidate	208″	—
Gaia DR3 2067351107427704960	Star	233.3″	—
PN Sd 1	PlanetaryNeb	250.3″	—
UCAC4 651-091881	Star	285.3″	12.84
ATO J307.2594+40.2243	YSO Candidate	288.4″	—
HD 195356	Star	323.5″	8.17

Provenance

where this card came from

Archive	Read at (UTC)	Record
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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/rafgl-2591 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.