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W 3

MolCld SIMBAD MoC 1,065 papers

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Right ascension: 02h 27m 04.10s
Declination: +61° 52′ 27.1″
Galactic l, b: 133.95, 1.065
Redshift z: -0.00013709
Radial velocity: -41.1 km/s

Also known as

4 identifiers

GRS G133.70 +01.20W 3W 3 CoreW 3 Main

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
GAL 133.947+01.064	HIIReg	2.532″	—
[HMW2016] G133.947+01.064	Maser	2.729″	—
[WSW99] C	Radio	3.818″	—
W 3(H2O)	Maser	4.112″	—
[WSW99] B	Radio	4.218″	—
Turner-Welch Object	YSO	4.965″	—
[WSW99] A	Radio	4.986″	—
W 3 OH	HIIReg	5.1″	—
BGPS G133.949+01.063	mmRad	7.847″	—
IRAS 02232+6138 Cluster	OpenCluster	34.77″	—
2MASS J02271157+6152513	YSO	58.08″	—

Provenance

where this card came from

Archive	Read at (UTC)	Record
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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/w-3 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.