Alphard

Star: Alphard (Alpha Hydrae)

Stellar Classification: K3III ~giant star

Background Information: Alphard belongs to the Hydra constellation. This star's Arabic meaning is "the solitary one," since there are no brighter stars in the sky near it. Alphard is 3 times the mass and 50 times the radius of our sun. The Hydra constellation is the biggest of the 88 modern constellations, and is looks like a water snake.  

Chemical Composition:
Contains a mild excess of barium

Spectrum Analysis of the most abundant chemical (barium):

Location:
Right Ascension: 09^h 27^m 35.2433^s

Declination: −08° 39′ 30.969″

Resources:

Continuous Emission Spectrum of White Light/. (n.d.). Retrieved September 27, 2015, from http://intro.chem.okstate.edu/AP/2004Norman/Chapter7/Emission.html

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Alphard. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2015, from https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphard

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