Star profile
Nu Indus
What is Nu Indus
ν Indi is a white A-type star in the discreet Indus, a constellation traced by Dutch navigators Keyser and de Houtman at the end of the 16th century to honour the indigenous peoples they encountered on their sea routes. Just over ninety light-years away, its crisp light crosses an almost empty sky, where the eye drifts without bright stars around it.
Where it is and when to see it
Nu 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Nu Indus
- Constellation
- Indus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.28
- Distance
- 93.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 336.146° · Dec -72.255°
- Catalogue
- HIP 110618 · HD 211998
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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
- Zeta Indus4.90
- Iota Indus5.06
- Mu Indus5.17
- Omicron Indus5.52
- HIP 1139695.53