List of stars in Indus
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This is the list of notable star
s in the constellation
Indus
, sorted by decreasing brightness.
Star
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s in the constellation
Constellation
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Indus
Indus (constellation)
Indus is a constellation in the southern sky. Created in the sixteenth century, it represents an Indian, a word that could refer at the time to any native of Asia or the Americas.-Notable features:...
, sorted by decreasing brightness.
Name | B Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name... |
G. Gould designation Gould designations for stars are similar to Flamsteed designations in the way that they number stars within a constellation in increasing order of right ascension. Each star is assigned an integer , followed by " G. " , and then the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in... |
HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the... |
HIP | RA Right ascension Right ascension is the astronomical term for one of the two coordinates of a point on the celestial sphere when using the equatorial coordinate system. The other coordinate is the declination.-Explanation:... |
Dec Declination In astronomy, declination is one of the two coordinates of the equatorial coordinate system, the other being either right ascension or hour angle. Declination in astronomy is comparable to geographic latitude, but projected onto the celestial sphere. Declination is measured in degrees north and... |
vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere... |
abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth... |
Dist. (ly) | Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure... |
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α Ind Alpha Indi Alpha Indi is a Class K0, third-magnitude star in the constellation Indus. Alpha Indi is an orange giant star within a multiple star system. It is located about 100 light-years from Earth.... |
α | 1 | 196171 | 101772 | 3.11 | 0.65 | 101 | K0III | Pe Sze, the Persian | ||
β Ind Beta Indi Beta Indi is a K-type bright giant star in the constellation of Indus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 3.658.... |
β | 6 | 198700 | 103227 | 3.67 | −2.66 | 603 | K0III | |||
θ Ind | θ | 25 | 202730 | 105319 | 4.39 | 2.02 | 97 | A5V | |||
δ Ind | δ | 60 | 208450 | 108431 | 4.40 | 0.63 | 185 | F0IV | |||
η Ind | η | 2 | 197157 | 102333 | 4.51 | 2.59 | 79 | A6:var | |||
ε Ind Epsilon Indi Epsilon Indi is a K-type main-sequence star approximately 12 light-years away in the constellation of Indus. Two brown dwarfs, found in 2003, orbit the star.- Observation :... |
ε | 64 | 209100 | 108870 | 4.69 | 6.89 | 12 | K5V | 17th closest star system, binary Binary star A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass. The brighter star is called the primary and the other is its companion star, comes, or secondary... brown dwarf Brown dwarf Brown dwarfs are sub-stellar objects which are too low in mass to sustain hydrogen-1 fusion reactions in their cores, which is characteristic of stars on the main sequence. Brown dwarfs have fully convective surfaces and interiors, with no chemical differentiation by depth... companion |
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ζ Ind | ζ | 4 | 198048 | 102790 | 4.90 | −0.57 | 404 | K5III | |||
ι Ind | ι | 5 | 198308 | 102950 | 5.06 | −1.14 | 567 | K1II/III | |||
μ Ind | μ | 12 | 200365 | 104085 | 5.17 | 0.02 | 349 | K2III | |||
ν Ind | ν | 70 | 211998 | 110618 | 5.28 | 2.98 | 94 | A3V: + F9V | |||
ο Ind | ο | 53 | 207241 | 107835 | 5.52 | −0.65 | 558 | M0III | |||
80 | 217831 | 113969 | 5.53 | 1.82 | 180 | F4III | |||||
72 | 212728 | 110935 | 5.56 | 2.36 | 142 | A3V | |||||
54 | 207229 | 107773 | 5.62 | 0.57 | 334 | K1III | |||||
κ Ind | κ | 65 | 209529 | 109081 | 5.62 | −0.37 | 514 | K4III | |||
23 | 202103 | 104978 | 5.73 | 0.30 | 397 | A6IV | |||||
8 | 199623 | 103673 | 5.76 | 3.48 | 93 | F5IV-V | |||||
71 | 212211 | 110668 | 5.78 | 2.26 | 165 | F3III | |||||
57 | 207964 | 108195 | 5.92 | 2.58 | 152 | F1III | |||||
43 | 206399 | 107423 | 6.02 | −0.76 | 741 | B8IV | |||||
62 | 208796 | 108626 | 6.02 | −0.40 | 627 | B9IV/V | |||||
ρ Ind Rho Indi Rho Indi is a yellow subgiant star in the constellation Indus. It is, barely, a naked eye star, not visible in the northern hemisphere outside the tropics... |
ρ | 79 | 216437 | 113137 | 6.04 | 3.92 | 86 | G4IV-V | has a planet (b Rho Indi b Rho Indi b is a planet that orbits around Rho Indi. Its semimajor axis is 2.54 AU placing just outside the star’s habitable zone. The planet takes 3.7 years to orbit the star. It is over twice as massive as Jupiter.-External links:* *... ) |
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γ Ind | γ | 34 | 203760 | 105841 | 6.10 | 2.08 | 208 | F1III | |||
κ Ind | κ | 61 | 208496 | 108478 | 6.13 | 2.02 | 217 | F3V | BG Ind; Algol variable Algol variable Algol variables or Algol-type binaries are a class of eclipsing binary stars where the orbital plane of the stars are coincident with the line of sight from Earth. When the cooler component passes in front of the hotter one, part of the latter's light is blocked, and the total brightness of the... |
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27 | 202874 | 105334 | 6.15 | −2.63 | 1863 | C5II | |||||
84 | 219644 | 115062 | 6.15 | −0.27 | 628 | K2/K3III | |||||
π Ind | π | 58 | 208149 | 108281 | 6.17 | 0.06 | 543 | A3m... | |||
81 | 218288 | 114268 | 6.18 | −0.17 | 607 | K3III | |||||
41 | 205877 | 106978 | 6.20 | −0.23 | 631 | F7III | |||||
40 | 205417 | 106818 | 6.22 | −0.07 | 591 | A0/A1IV | |||||
7 | 198766 | 103206 | 6.23 | −2.16 | 1552 | B5IV | |||||
199642 | 103693 | 6.26 | −0.70 | 805 | K5/M0III | ||||||
32 | 203548 | 105685 | 6.30 | 1.38 | 314 | A5m... | |||||
42 | 205935 | 107030 | 6.33 | −0.31 | 694 | K0III-IV | |||||
78 | 215729 | 112694 | 6.35 | 1.35 | 327 | A2V | |||||
35 | 204228 | 106065 | 6.39 | 1.17 | 361 | K2IIICN... | |||||
28 | 203010 | 105425 | 6.40 | 1.16 | 364 | K3III | |||||
37 | 204873 | 106419 | 6.43 | −0.71 | 872 | K4III | |||||
15 | 200887 | 104296 | 6.45 | 1.57 | 308 | A9V | |||||
50 | 206690 | 107409 | 6.46 | 0.93 | 417 | K1III | |||||
82 | 218497 | 114367 | 6.47 | 2.86 | 172 | F3IV | |||||
83 | 218558 | 114408 | 6.47 | 2.50 | 203 | K0IV | |||||
45 | 206429 | 107299 | 6.49 | 3.30 | 141 | F7IV/V | |||||
59 | 208184 | 108268 | 6.50 | 0.09 | 623 | G6III | |||||
WASP-46 | 12.90 | G6V | has a transiting planet (b) |