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VFTS 12

Star SIMBAD * O9.5IIIn 7 papers

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Right ascension: 05h 37m 05.64s
Declination: −69° 09′ 12.4″
Galactic l, b: 279.55, -31.81
Magnitude V: 15.83
Proper motion: 1.712, 0.607 mas/yr

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
VFTS 10	Star	16.49″	16.79
OGLE LMC-ECL-20655	EclBin	51.29″	15.73
VFTS 8	Star	51.64″	16.92
[W60] A61	RedSG	56.49″	14.17
2MASS J05371503-6908428	LongPeriodV*	58.26″	16.67
OGLE LMC-RRLYR-20246	RRLyrae	58.46″	20.7
OGLE LMC-LPV-74906	LongPeriodV*	59.08″	15.68
VFTS 5	Star	59.89″	16.25
VFTS 24	Star	62.94″	16.02
2MASS J05370427-6908053	SB*	67.13″	16.18
BI 250	BlueSG	73.42″	13.48

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/vfts-12 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.