Star profile
Delta Indus
What is Delta Indus
Delta Indi is a yellow-white subgiant about 188 light-years away, in the southern constellation of the Indian, one of the figures Dutch navigators of the late sixteenth century drew while charting the unknown southern skies. Recent spectra suggest it is actually two stars — an A8 and an F3 — too close to separate with small telescopes. A single point of light to the eye, two engines burning within.
Where it is and when to see it
Delta Indus lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 69° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 35° N.
It ranks no. 4 in brightness among the 19 stars of Indus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Indus, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 190 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Delta Indus
- Constellation
- Indus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.40
- Distance
- 188.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 329.479° · Dec -54.993°
- Catalogue
- HIP 108431 · HD 208450
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Other stars in Indus
Indus has 19 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Indus3.11
- Beta Indus3.67
- Theta Indus4.39
- Eta Indus4.51
- Epsilon Indus4.69
- Zeta Indus4.90
- Iota Indus5.06
- Mu Indus5.17