Get to know Alnair
Use this bright star as a reference point while learning the sky. The catalog position is J2000.0; the chart transforms coordinates for your selected date. Catalog brightness is a reference value and may differ for variable stars. Visibility also depends on darkness, weather and your local horizon.
- Catalog distance
- About 101.0 light-years
- Catalog V magnitude
- 1.73
- J2000 right ascension
- 22.1372 h
- J2000 declination
- -46.9610°
- Observing guide
- Naked-eye candidate
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