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W61 8-42

LongPeriodV* Candidate SIMBAD LP? M 6 papers

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Right ascension: 05h 41m 09.88s
Declination: −69° 15′ 35.9″
Galactic l, b: 279.62, -31.44
Magnitude V: 14.04
Parallax: 0.0059 mas
Redshift z: 0.00081703
Radial velocity: 244.84 km/s
Proper motion: 1.79, 0.789 mas/yr

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
HD 269982	Supergiant	64.29″	10.79
AL 391	EmLine*	83.95″	14.38
SV* HV 2781	RedSG	100″	13.36
OGLE LMC-ECL-22306	EclBin	101.2″	18.62
[RP2006] 240	EmLine*	115″	17.71
[KDM2001] 5658	C*	118″	17.3
2MASS J05405799-6913537	Star	120.1″	12.1
OGLE LMC-RRLYR-21433	RRLyrae	123.4″	20.06
OGLE LMC-RRLYR-21431	RRLyrae	123.9″	19.77
W61 5-1	Evolved*	133.3″	14.21
OGLE LMC-ECL-22482	EclBin	133.3″	14.74

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/w61-8-42 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.