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VFTS 879

Star SIMBAD * B3V-III 6 papers

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Right ascension: 05h 40m 13.69s
Declination: −69° 05′ 09.8″
Galactic l, b: 279.43, -31.54
Magnitude V: 16.73
Redshift z: 0.00092006
Radial velocity: 275.7 km/s
Proper motion: 1.524, 0.748 mas/yr

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
OGLE LMC-RRLYR-21250	RRLyrae	28.18″	19.4
OGLE LMC-RRLYR-21313	RRLyrae	48.61″	20.98
VFTS 889	Star	53.58″	16.56
IRSF J05401796-6904171	Star	57.49″	15.96
OGLE LMC-LPV-78218	LongPeriodV*	62.18″	17.18
2MASS J05402153-6904237	SB*	62.36″	14.96
IRSF J05401249-6903582	Star	71.92″	16.3
VFTS 881	Star	79.62″	15.66
2MASS J05402261-6904059	SB*	79.65″	16.18
OGLE LMC-RRLYR-21193	RRLyrae	80.03″	19.43
OGLE LMC-RRLYR-21305	RRLyrae	88.75″	19.16

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/vfts-879 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.