Achernar

Naked eye: magnitude +0.46, bright enough to see without a telescope under dark skies (limit ≈ +6).

From India (8°–34° N): only rises from southern India; it never clears the horizon from Srinagar.

Why it matters

When to look: Oct–Dec, low in the south; from roughly south of 33°N.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: List of brightest stars
2. HYG Database v4.1 (D. Nash, astronexus), CC BY-SA 4.0: stars within 20 ly, derived list
3. HYG Database v4.1 (Nash), CC BY-SA 4.0
4. IAU, The Constellations (88 official names and abbreviations)

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