α Hor - The brightest star of the constellation is colored orange and has an apparent magnitude of 3.83. It marks the pendulum in the sky. It is 1,500 Kelvin cooler than our Sun. Therefore, its spectrum contains a large number of metal lines and molecular absorption bands that are only found in the spectra of cool stars. It is located at a distance of 117 light-years.

R a TW Hor - Red giants, long-period variable stars of the Mira Ceti type, whose brightness reaches a maximum of fifth magnitude. R Hor weakens to 14 mag over the course of more than one year, while it takes approximately 5-6 months for the star TW Hor.