Alphard (α Hya / α Hydrae / Alpha Hydrae) is the brightest star in the constellation Hydra, marking the heart of the snake.
Alphard is an orange giant star. The name Alphard is from the Arabic ا"فرد (Al Fard), "the solitary one." ...
Alphard (Alpha Hydrae)
Map 2003 Torsten Bronger
The brightest star in the constellation Hydra, made more noticeable by being in a fairly barren region of sky to the southwest of Regulus. Its Arabic name means "the solitary one." ...
Alphard is an orange K3II-III subgiant or giant.
Other Designations For This Star
Flamsteed ...
ALPHARD (Alpha Hya)
Al Minliar al Shuja (Sigma Hya)
Messier Objects
M48 (open cluster)
M68 (globular cluster)
M83 (spiral galaxy) ...
Alphard is a bright giant, about 25 times the Sun's diameter. Its distance is 89 light years, and it has a luminosity of 95 Suns.
Alphard = Alpha Hydrae
Beta Hya = Beta Hydrae
Gamma Hya = Gamma Hydrae
Eps Hya = Epsilon Hydrae
Zeta Hya = Zeta Hydrae
Nu Hya = Nu Hydrae ...
* Alphard [Alfard, Kalbelaphard] or Cor Hydrae (30/α Hya) 1.99:*: qalb al-fard Heart of the solitary one
* (5/σ Hya) 4.45 Minhar al Shija [Al Minliar al Shuja, Minchir]:*: c: Nostril of the snake (lit. brave) ...
Alphard Alpha Hydrae
Alphecca Alpha Coronae Borealis
Alpheratz Alpha Andromedae
Alrai Gamma Cephei
Alrakis Mu Draconis
Alrami Alpha Sagittarii
Alrischa Alpha Piscium
Alruccabah Alpha Ursae Minoris
Alsafi Sigma Draconis
Alsciaukat 31 Lyncis ...
Named stars in Hydra (Greek alphabet) Alphard (α Hya), Al Minliar al Shuja (σ Hya), Ashlesha (ε Hya), Cauda Hydrea (γ Hya), Hydrobius (ζ Hya), Pleura (ν Hya).
The brightest star, [4421] alpha Hydrae or Alphard ("the solitary one") is of second magnitude. It is a binary star with a giant rich in barium for its primary component. It was also once known as "the backbone of the Serpent." ...
Named stars: Alpha Hya (Alphard), Sigma Hya (Minchir)
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Hydrus (Water Snake) ...
Dorado Goldfish Dra Draco Dragon Thuban Equ Equuleus Little Horse Eri Eridanus River Archernar For Fornax Furnace Gem Gemini Twins Castor Gru Grus Crane Al Na'ir Her Hercules Hercules Ras Algethi Hor Horologium Clock Hya Hydra Sea Serpent Alphard Hyi ...
The stars in the serpent's head appear to be at the same distance but they are really very far away from each other. The northernmost of the six stars in the head of the serpent, Epsilon Hydrae, is a quintuple star - a system of five stars. Alphard ...
Yet for all its size there is nothing prominent about Hydra. Its only star of note is second-magnitude Alphard, a name that comes from the Arabic al-fard appropriately meaning ‘the solitary one'.
The constellation of Hydra contains only one bright star Alphard, known as the "Solitary One", since it is the only bright star in that part of the sky. The constellation can be found to the south of Leo, the lion.
however, such an evolved companion star would have contaminated Gacrux with the later by-products of its more advanced nuclear processes. Hence, as a "mild" barium star, Gacrux is believed to have an unseen white dwarf companion, like Alphard (Alpha ...
 See also: Constellation, Hydra, Star, Sky, Constellations
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