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Related Article: A Planet with Planets? Spitzer Finds Cosmic Oddball

About the Object	Object Name: R66 Object Type: Star Position (J2000): RA: 04 56 47.0791 Dec: -69 50 24.792 Distance: 180,000 light-years
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ B. Sargent (University of Rochester) Instrument: IRS Wavelength: 5-38 microns Exposure Date: 16 March 2005 Exposure Time: 117.4 sec for the wavelength range 5 - 14 microns, 251.7 sec for the wavelength range 14 - 38 microns Release Date: 08 February 2006
Observers	Joel Kastner (Rochester Institute of Technology) Catherine Buchanan (Rochester Institute of Technology) Ben Sargent (University of Rochester) William Forrest (University of Rochester)

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