Alphard

Orange giant and solitary brightest star of Hydra. Nicknamed the lonely one, it watches over a long, faint water serpent. Look for it while tracing Hydra on a dark night.

Wikipedia

Gaia has no usable parallax for this star (common for bright multiples). Distance uses the Hipparcos parallax instead.

ID
HIP 46390
Distance
55.28 pc · 180.3 ly
Parallax
18.09 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
2.13
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
141.90° · -8.66°