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VFTS 170

Star SIMBAD * B1IV 8 papers

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Right ascension: 05h 37m 49.99s
Declination: −69° 07′ 42.1″
Galactic l, b: 279.51, -31.75
Magnitude V: 16.03
Parallax: 0.0461 mas
Redshift z: 0.00093008
Radial velocity: 278.7 km/s
Proper motion: 1.778, 0.651 mas/yr

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
[M2002] LMC 169203	Star	43.34″	16.57
VFTS 119	Star	46.38″	16.36
2MASS J05375504-6907022	SB*	48.13″	16.13
VFTS 121	Star	49.95″	15.96
VFTS 118	Star	52.17″	16.21
HD 269883	WolfRayet*	53.12″	14.08
VFTS 109	Star	53.29″	16.6
UCAC2 1803310	Star	53.96″	15.8
OGLE LMC-ECL-20975	SB*	65.54″	15.4
2MASS J05375064-6908483	SB*	66.35″	15.7
OGLE LMC-ECL-36354	SB*	66.91″	14.92

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/vfts-170 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.