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VFTS 78

Star SIMBAD * B1V 7 papers

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Right ascension: 05h 37m 35.43s
Declination: −69° 07′ 57.1″
Galactic l, b: 279.52, -31.77
Magnitude V: 16.63
Parallax: 0.0258 mas
Redshift z: 0.00094477
Radial velocity: 283.1 km/s
Proper motion: 1.679, 0.67 mas/yr

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
UCAC2 1803216	Star	5.372″	15.4
[ST92] 1-23	Star	10.51″	16.3
[ST92] 1-17	Star	18.42″	13.62
OGLE LMC-ECL-20975	SB*	21.27″	15.4
[ST92] 1-27	Star	25.91″	16.07
2MASS J05373664-6907318	BlueSG	26.1″	13.58
[ST92] 1-25	Star	26.79″	16.19
HD 269883	WolfRayet*	27.05″	14.08
VFTS 109	Star	27.78″	16.6
VFTS 118	Star	34.89″	16.21
UCAC2 1803186	Star	41.04″	15.72

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Archive	Read at (UTC)	Record
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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/vfts-78 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.