Constellations
Indus (Ind)
The Indian
6 looks for Indus
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Indus
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Indian
- IAU abbreviation
- Ind
- Its stars are named
- Indi (as in "Alpha Indi")
- Family
- Bayer family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in September
- Centre
- Right ascension 21h 06m, declination −53° 27′
- The figure
- 5 stars joined by 5 lines
- Brightest star
- Persian, magnitude 3.11
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Persian (α Ind)mag 3.11
- β Indmag 3.65
- θ Indmag 4.39
- δ Indmag 4.40
- η Indmag 4.51
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation