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TimezoneEurope/London
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ι Indi (iota Indi)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -38.80°   Az: 232.94°   Direction: South-West

ι Indi is a bright giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Indus.

ι Indi visual magnitude is 5.05. Because of its faintness, ι Indi is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 53m 19s
-51° 30’ 42”
06h 08m 24s
03h 01m 43s

J2000

20h 51m 30s
-51° 36’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

346.98°
-39.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Indi (iota Indi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.05
Bright giant

-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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
566.96
21 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Indi
(iota Indi)
SAO246762
SAO246762

Visibility from Your Location

ι Indi (iota Indi) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK