| Identification Data | 
| Common Name | Alnair | 
| Constellation | Grus | 
| Star Name | alp Gru | 
| Skymap Number | 22080038 | 
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 209952 | 
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 8425 | 
| SAO Number | 230992 | 
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-4714063 | 
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
  | 22082-4658
  | 
| Positional Data | 
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 327928 | 
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 22h 8m 13.985s | 
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -46° 57' 39.512" | 
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0059s | 
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.01246 | 
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.147966 | 
| Radial Velocity | +010.9km s-1 | 
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.03216s | 
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00082s | 
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | 0.602934 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.319800 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.730889 | 
| Galactic Longitude | 350.01° | 
Galactic Latitude
  | -52.47°
  | 
| Observational Data | 
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 1.77 | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude |  | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.004 | 
| Observed B Magnitude | 1.70 | 
| Observed B-V Colour | -0.073 | 
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.005 | 
| Observed U Magnitude |  | 
| Observed U-B Colour |  | 
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty |  | 
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 2.2 | 
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | 2.0 | 
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | B7IV | 
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | B5 | 
| Position Angle | 149 | 
| Year of Observation | 1947. AD |