Star profile
Kappa 2 Indus
What is Kappa 2 Indus
Kappa-2 Indi is a K4 III orange giant 491 light-years away, in the discreet Indus, a constellation drawn in the sixteenth century by Dutch navigators to honour the peoples encountered on their southern routes. Its absolute magnitude of –0.37 reveals that, modest though it looks, it radiates dozens of times the Sun's light. Distinguished by a numerical label to keep it from being confused with its neighbour Kappa-1, a variable dwarf star.
Where it is and when to see it
Kappa 2 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 July, 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 never sets and culminates about 64° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 30° N.
It ranks no. 15 in brightness among the 19 stars of Indus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Indus, the brightest: it lies about 18° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 490 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Kappa 2 Indus
- Constellation
- Indus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.62
- Distance
- 491.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 331.462° · Dec -59.636°
- Catalogue
- HIP 109081 · HD 209529
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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
- HIP 1139695.53
- HIP 1109355.56
- HIP 1077735.62
- HIP 1049785.73
- HIP 1036735.76