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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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ε Indi (epsilon Indi)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -19.01°   Az: 189.57°   Direction: South

ε Indi is a main-sequence star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Indus.

ε Indi visual magnitude is 4.69. Because of its moderate brightness, ε 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 ε Indi (epsilon Indi) star
DSS2 image of ε Indi. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Indi during the next 100 years (6.60 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.23 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 05m 04s
-56° 39’ 44”
01h 06m 27s
23h 11m 32s

J2000

22h 03m 21s
-56° 47’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

336.28°
-48.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Indi (epsilon Indi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.69
Main-sequence

6.89
K4V
4603K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Indi is distant 11.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

3.63
11.82
-40 km/s
3.961 arcsec/y
-2.538"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Indi
(epsilon Indi)
SAO247287
SAO247287

Visibility from Your Location

ε Indi (epsilon Indi) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK