What is the Apparent Magnitude of Alnair?

Scientifically known as Alpha (α) Gruis, GRUS the Crane's Alnair star is the brightest and most visible object in the aforementioned Southern Hemisphere constellation. Google, Wikipedia, and the Illustrated Atlas of the Universe (© 2006) agree that Alnair's apparent magnitude is 1.74. WolframAlpha — a scientific search engine — was close, stating that it is 1.73. Apparent magnitude refers to the amount of brightness a stargazer on Earth could see with their "naked-eye" vision.