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W61 3-8

WolfRayet* SIMBAD WR* WN9h 62 papers

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Right ascension: 05h 38m 58.10s
Declination: −69° 29′ 19.6″
Galactic l, b: 279.91, -31.6
Parallax: 0.0214 mas
Redshift z: 0.0027896
Radial velocity: 835.12 km/s
Proper motion: 1.848, 0.656 mas/yr

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
HD 269927	**	4.948″	10.68
OGLE LMC-ECL-36633	EllipVar	20.18″	15
W61 3-12	Star	27.28″	13.1
W61 3-6	EclBin	27.57″	13.9
W61 3-14	Star	37.96″	13.4
W61 3-7	Variable*	39.01″	13.27
W61 3-16	EclBin	40.1″	14.6
W61 3-15	Star	42.99″	13.6
NGC 2074	Association	43.01″	—
2MASS J05390487-6929496	LongPeriodV*	46.63″	—
HD 269923	Star	49.69″	10.3

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Archive	Read at (UTC)	Record
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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/w61-3-8 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.