Alphard (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , Alphard is visible between 21:05 and 05:25. It will become accessible around 21:05, when it rises to an altitude of 13° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 01:17, 38° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible around 05:25 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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Position
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.98 (V) [1] 3.88 (BT) [1] 2.14 (VT) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.48 |
| Right ascension: | 09h27m35s [1] |
| Declination: | -08°39'30" [1] |
| Distance: | 55.3 parsec 180.2 lightyrs [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 37.6 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 336.1° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.73 |
Visibility from Cambridge
All times shown in Cambridge local time.