Alphard (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Alphard is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:08 (EDT), 36° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:34, 40° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:45, when it sinks below 13° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Alphard
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 09h27m35s [2] |
| Declination: | −08°39'30" [2] |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.98 (V) [2] 3.88 (BT) [2] 2.14 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 55.3 parsec 180.2 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.48 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 37.6 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 336.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.73 |
Sources