- Stars with a name
- Alya
Alya
θ¹ Serpentis
Alya is a white star, in the constellation Serpens. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1871.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in June, July, August, and September.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 4.62.
What it’s like
It gives off 28 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 8,500 degrees.
It is 154.7 light years away: 1463 trillion kilometres.