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Sualocin

α Del. Magnitude 3.77, white. Visible to the naked eye from a reasonably dark site.

The numbers

Designationα Del
Magnitude3.77
Colourwhite
Right ascension20.661h
Declination+15.91°
B−V index-0.06
CatalogueHR 7906

What you are looking at

Astronomers call it α Del — the Bayer designation, which reads as a Greek letter ranking its brightness within its constellation. Sualocin is the name people actually use.

Sualocin shines at magnitude 3.77, making it visible to the naked eye from a reasonably dark site. Its B−V colour index of -0.06 makes it white to the eye, corresponding to a surface temperature of around 8,000 K.

It sits at right ascension 20.66 hours and declination +15.9°. It straddles the celestial equator, so it is visible from essentially anywhere on Earth at the right time of year.

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