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δ Indi (delta Indi)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -45.34°   Az: 233.34°   Direction: South-West

δ Indi is a double hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Indus.

δ Indi visual magnitude is 4.4. Because of its moderate brightness, δ Indi is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of δ Indi (delta Indi) star
DSS2 image of δ Indi. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Indi during the next 10000 years (8.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 59m 36s
-54° 52’ 18”
06h 45m 58s
04h 45m 35s

J2000

21h 57m 55s
-54° 59’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

339.11°
-48.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Indi (delta Indi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.4
Hypergiant

0.63
F0IV
7591K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where δ Indi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of δ Indi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

δ Indi is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the δ Indi double sysyem:

4.4
4.5
0.1
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Indi is distant 184.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

56.66
184.70
15 km/s
0.048 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Indi
(delta Indi)
SAO247244
SAO247244

Visibility from Your Location

δ Indi (delta Indi) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK