Alphard

Hydra · α Hya · HR 3748

HIP46390
Visual magnitude1.99
Right ascension (J2000)141.897°
Declination (J2000)-8.6586°
WDS J09276-0840
IAU adoption2016/07/20

Name origin

Applied in medieval times from its ind-A name al-fard, "the Solitary One," descriptive of this star's standing out among the surrounding dim stars. (See the same word in the plural, with ζ CMa.)

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