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Alphard
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Alphard () is the brightest star in the constellation of Hydra. It has the Bayer designation Alpha Hydrae, which is that is Latinized from α Hydrae, and abbreviated Alpha Hya or α Hya. It is a giant star, cooler than the Sun but larger and more luminous. It is about 177 light-years away.
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- catalog code
- UBV M 15411
- spectral class
- K2
- stellar rotational velocity
- 3.97
- apparent magnitude
- -1.21
- right ascension
- 141.896844596
- declination
- -8.658599532
- effective temperature
- 4131
- radial velocity
- -13.3
- parallax
- 18.40
- metallicity
- -0.04
- surface gravity
- 13.5
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -16
- declination component of proper motion
- 30
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Alphard () is the brightest star in the constellation of Hydra. It has the Bayer designation Alpha Hydrae, which is that is Latinized from α Hydrae, and abbreviated Alpha Hya or α Hya. It is a giant star, cooler than the Sun but larger and more luminous. It is about 177 light-years away.
==Nomenclature== α Hydrae (Latinised to Alpha Hydrae) is the star's Bayer designation.