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Xi Telescopii (ξ Tel, ξ Telescopii) is a star in the constellation Telescopium. A red giant of spectral type M2III, it is classified as an irregular variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +4.89 to +4.94. Located around 1079 light-years distant, it shines with a luminosity approximately 2973 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 4030 K. It has a mass around 5.6 times that of the Sun.
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