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Alnair
Alpha Gruis
Alnair means 'The Bright One', and its magnitude of +1.7 certainly makes this variable blue star the brightest in its home constellation of Grus, the Crane.

Location of Alnair
Alnair, brightest of the stars that make up Grus the Crane, is just over one hundred light years from the Solar System.
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