1) Star with proper name 2) Star in Hydra
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Alphard (α Hya, α Hydrae, Alpha Hydrae) is the brightest star in the constellation Hydra. The name Alphard is from the Arabic الفرد (al-fard), `the solitary one`, there being no other bright stars near it. It was also known as the `backbone of the Serpent` to the Arabs. In ancient China it formed part of an asterism called the `red bir...
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[programming language] Alphard is a Pascal-like programming language for data abstraction and verification, proposed and designed by William A. Wulf, Ralph L. London, and Mary Shaw. The language was the subject of several research publications in the late 1970s, but was never implemented. Its main innovative feature was the introduction of ...
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(Alpha Hydrae) Map © 2003 Torsten Bronger The brightest star in the constellation Hydra, made more noticeable by being in a fairly barren region of sky to the southwest of Regulus. Its Arabic name means `the solitary one.” Alphard is an orange giant and mild ba...
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