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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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ζ Indi (zeta Indi)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -24.65°   Az: 225.80°   Direction: South-West

ζ Indi is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Indus.

ζ Indi visual magnitude is 4.89. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ 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 ζ Indi (zeta Indi) star
DSS2 image of ζ Indi. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Indi during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 51m 13s
-46° 07’ 52”
04h 40m 22s
01h 31m 35s

J2000

20h 49m 28s
-46° 13’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

353.95°
-39.24°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Indi (zeta Indi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.89
Giant

-0.58
K5III
3764K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Indi is distant 404.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

124.07
404.47
-5 km/s
0.04 arcsec/y
0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Indi
(zeta Indi)
SAO230391
SAO230391

Visibility from Your Location

ζ Indi (zeta Indi) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK