Its story

Alp Cha has a visual magnitude of about 3.95: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for Alp Cha: right ascension 8h 18m 32s, declination −76° 55′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

Alp Cha. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40702, HD 71243, Gaia DR3 5210240327318434304. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.