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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion packages/astronomy/data/bodies/d31-j004458-8-413032-8.json
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"distance": "Placed in M31 as the app draws it, where the star's sight line crosses the disc's midplane: 767,732 pc (src/objects/m31-layers/source/recipe.json: centre 776,247 pc from the Local Volume Database v1.1.1 (Pace 2025), inclination 74 deg, line of nodes 37.7 deg). The galaxy's Cepheid distance, Li et al. (2021), ApJ 920, 84, abstract: modulus 24.407 +/- 0.032 mag, 761 kpc; it places the galaxy, not a star within it (https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.144859): 767732 pc; Gaia DR3 cannot see the star",
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"position": "Li et al. (2021), ApJ 920, 84, table 2 (https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.08029), VizieR J/ApJ/920/84/table2 row ID = GRP-11.13381+41.40984, Per = 12.778: RAJ2000 11.132, DEJ2000 41.414, from the archived row src/objects/direct-v11179-m31c/source/photometry/catalogue-row.tsv; SIMBAD names it [MAP97] 84",
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"distance": "Placed in M31 as the app draws it, where the star's sight line crosses the disc's midplane: 767,323 pc (src/objects/m31-layers/source/recipe.json: centre 776,247 pc from the Local Volume Database v1.1.1 (Pace 2025), inclination 74 deg, line of nodes 37.7 deg). The galaxy's Cepheid distance, Li et al. (2021), ApJ 920, 84, abstract: modulus 24.407 +/- 0.032 mag, 761 kpc; it places the galaxy, not a star within it (https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.144859): 767323 pc; Gaia DR3 cannot see the star",
"properMotion": "J/ApJ/920/84/table2 row ID = GRP-11.19786+41.44792, Per = 25.577 measures no proper motion; zero is assumed (at 767,323 pc, 1 mas/yr would be 3,637 km/s across the sky)",
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"position": "Li et al. (2021), ApJ 920, 84, table 2 (https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.08029), VizieR J/ApJ/920/84/table2 row ID = GRP-11.19786+41.44792, Per = 21.201: RAJ2000 11.201, DEJ2000 41.449, from the archived row src/objects/direct-v14361-m31c/source/photometry/catalogue-row.tsv; SIMBAD names it [MAP97] 94",
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"distance": "Placed in M31 as the app draws it, where the star's sight line crosses the disc's midplane: 767,217 pc (src/objects/m31-layers/source/recipe.json: centre 776,247 pc from the Local Volume Database v1.1.1 (Pace 2025), inclination 74 deg, line of nodes 37.7 deg). The galaxy's Cepheid distance, Li et al. (2021), ApJ 920, 84, abstract: modulus 24.407 +/- 0.032 mag, 761 kpc; it places the galaxy, not a star within it (https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.144859): 767217 pc; Gaia DR3 cannot see the star",
"properMotion": "J/ApJ/920/84/table2 row ID = GRP-11.19786+41.44792, Per = 21.201 measures no proper motion; zero is assumed (at 767,217 pc, 1 mas/yr would be 3,637 km/s across the sky)",
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}
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"position": "Li et al. (2021), ApJ 920, 84, table 2 (https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.08029), VizieR J/ApJ/920/84/table2 row ID = GRP-11.20822+41.44917, Per = 15.510: RAJ2000 11.209, DEJ2000 41.453, from the archived row src/objects/direct-v14661-m31c/source/photometry/catalogue-row.tsv; SIMBAD names it DIRECT V14661 M31C",
"distance": "Placed in M31 as the app draws it, where the star's sight line crosses the disc's midplane: 767,113 pc (src/objects/m31/source/recipe.json: centre 776,247 pc from the Local Volume Database v1.1.1 (Pace 2025), inclination 74 deg, line of nodes 37.7 deg). The galaxy's Cepheid distance, Li et al. (2021), ApJ 920, 84, abstract: modulus 24.407 +/- 0.032 mag, 761 kpc; it places the galaxy, not a star within it (https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.144859): 767113 pc; Gaia DR3 cannot see the star",
"distance": "Placed in M31 as the app draws it, where the star's sight line crosses the disc's midplane: 767,113 pc (src/objects/m31-layers/source/recipe.json: centre 776,247 pc from the Local Volume Database v1.1.1 (Pace 2025), inclination 74 deg, line of nodes 37.7 deg). The galaxy's Cepheid distance, Li et al. (2021), ApJ 920, 84, abstract: modulus 24.407 +/- 0.032 mag, 761 kpc; it places the galaxy, not a star within it (https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.144859): 767113 pc; Gaia DR3 cannot see the star",
"properMotion": "J/ApJ/920/84/table2 row ID = GRP-11.20822+41.44917, Per = 15.510 measures no proper motion; zero is assumed (at 767,113 pc, 1 mas/yr would be 3,636 km/s across the sky)",
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"properMotion": "J/ApJ/920/84/table2 row ID = CEPH-10.91809+41.18565, Per = 55.938 measures no proper motion; zero is assumed (at 767,471 pc, 1 mas/yr would be 3,638 km/s across the sky)",
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"properMotion": "J/ApJ/920/84/table2 row ID = CEPH-11.27654+41.69484, Per = 10.057 measures no proper motion; zero is assumed (at 772,234 pc, 1 mas/yr would be 3,661 km/s across the sky)",
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"distance": "Placed in M31 as the app draws it, where the star's sight line crosses the disc's midplane: 773,902 pc (src/objects/m31-layers/source/recipe.json: centre 776,247 pc from the Local Volume Database v1.1.1 (Pace 2025), inclination 74 deg, line of nodes 37.7 deg). The galaxy's Cepheid distance, Li et al. (2021), ApJ 920, 84, abstract: modulus 24.407 +/- 0.032 mag, 761 kpc; it places the galaxy, not a star within it (https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.144859): 773902 pc; Gaia DR3 cannot see the star",
"properMotion": "J/ApJ/920/84/table2 row ID = CEPH-11.12919+41.61338, Per = 12.351 measures no proper motion; zero is assumed (at 773,902 pc, 1 mas/yr would be 3,669 km/s across the sky)",
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}
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