• Alphard  Alphard is a star in Hydra. ### ############# ################### ##################### ####################### ####################### ######################### ####################### ####################### ##################### ################### ############# ###  Type Orange giant  Constellation Hydra  Magnitude 2.0  Spectral type K3II-III  Distance 177 light years  Double star components 283.1″ apart  You need binoculars from here  40.00,-83.00 now · 41° up in the S · mag 2.0 · ↑ 08:27 ↓ 19:32 ⌃ 13:59  Best in the next 12 months on 7 February 2027.  Alphard is not visible from 40.00,-83.00: the sky is still too bright.  No window in the next 40 days from this latitude.   You will find it in Hydra.   It is a orange giant, 177 light years away, so the light reaching you left it in 1849.   Your sky here is about Bortle 7, bright, so for this you want binoculars from here.   Best in the next 12 months: 2027-02-07, when it reaches 41° with 7.2 hours of darkness and the Moon 0%  lit.  Follow @skymapsh for skymap.sh updates