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ι Indi (iota Indi)

Altitude: -50.0°   Azimuth: 117.4°   Direction: East-South-East

ι Indi is a bright giant star in the constellation of Indus.

ι Indi visual magnitude is 5.05. Because of its reltive faintness, ι Indi should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about ι Indi:

5.05
Bright giant

ι Indi (iota Indi) is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -50.0°
Azimuth: 117.4°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of ι Indi

ι Indi is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of ι Indi are provided in the following table:

20h 51m 30s
-51° 36’ 29”
346.98°
-39.34°
Indus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of ι Indi in the sky:

Finder chart ι Indi (iota Indi) star
Simplified finder chart for ι Indi (iota Indi).

Visibility of ι Indi from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

ι Indi (iota Indi) is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of ι Indi

The image below is a photograph of ι Indi from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of ι Indi is 0.007 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of ι Indi (iota Indi) star
DSS2 image of ι Indi. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Indi during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of ι Indi from the Sun and relative movement

ι Indi is distant 566.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

173.91 pc
566.96 ly
21 km/s
0.007 arcsec/year
-0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of ι Indi

ι Indi belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

-1.15
K1II
4451K

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

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

Alternative designations of ι Indi

ι Indi
(iota Indi)
SAO246762
SAO246762