SkyRef / Stars

Almach

Magnitude 2.53, orange-red. Comfortably visible to the naked eye from a suburban sky.

The numbers

Magnitude2.53
Colourorange-red
Right ascension3.038h
Declination+4.09°
B−V index1.64
CatalogueHR 911

What you are looking at

Almach shines at magnitude 2.53, making it comfortably visible to the naked eye from a suburban sky. Its B−V colour index of 1.64 makes it orange-red to the eye, corresponding to a surface temperature of under 4,000 K.

It sits at right ascension 3.04 hours and declination +4.1°. It straddles the celestial equator, so it is visible from essentially anywhere on Earth at the right time of year.

Find it tonight

SkyRef shows exactly where Almach is from your location right now — altitude, compass direction, and rise and set times.

Open the live sky map →

Other named stars

SiriusCanopusArcturusRigil KentaurusVegaCapellaRigelProcyonAchernarBetelgeuseHadarAltairAldebaranAntaresSpicaPolluxFomalhautMimosaDenebAcruxRegulusAdharaElnathAlphardAlnilamDenebolaCastorAlgolDubheKaus AustralisAlkaidPolarisAlnitakCaphMirachBellatrix