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Indus



Abbreviation: Ind
Genitive: Indi
Right Ascension: 21.19 hours
Declination: -53.37 degrees
  Indus, the Indian (Native American), is completely visible in latitudes south of 15 degrees North from July - September.

Indus was invented by Pieter Dirksz Keyser and Fredick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597.

  Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars
 

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)
 
Common Name
or Bayer Number 1 		RA DEC Magnitude 2
ALP IND 20.00:37.00:34.04 -47.00:17.00:29.41 3.11
BET IND 20.00:54.00:48.58 -58.00:27.00:15.01 3.65
DEL IND 21.00:57.00:55.08 -54.00:59.00:33.37 4.40
ETA IND 20.00:44.00:2.34 -51.00:55.00:15.78 4.51
EPS IND 22.00:3.00:21.64 -56.00:47.00:9.58 4.69
OMI IND 21.00:50.00:47.14 -69.00:37.00:46.07 5.53
RHO IND 22.00:54.00:39.43 -70.00:4.00:25.46 6.05
GAM IND 21.00:26.00:15.43 -54.00:39.00:37.83 6.10
   
 

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)
   
 

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.
 
Object R.A. Dec. Object Type 3 Mag. Uranometria Tirion
   
 

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
GCVS ID R.A.
(hh mm ss.ss)		 Dec.
(deg mm ss)		 Variable Type 4 Mag. Min Mag. Max
BC Ind 21.00:42.00:33.20 -67.00:49.00:39.00 ACV 7.24 7.18
BD Ind 21.00:53.00:17.70 -62.00:5.00:1.00 ACV 0.01 7.50
BG Ind 21.00:54.00:59.00 -59.00:15.00:7.00 EA 6.36 6.11
   
 

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
Name R.A.
(hh mm.m)		 Dec.
(deg mm)		 Mag 5 Sep 6 PA 7 Tirion Uranometria
HJ 5246 21 10.4 -54 34 7.8, 8.0 3.80 130 26 437
HJ 5258 21 19.8 -53 26 4.7, 7.2 6.30 271 26 437