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| Abbreviation: Ind |
| English Name: The Indian |
| Genitive: Indi |
| Hemisphere: Southern Hemisphere (Never visible from the UK.) |
| Location: Between the constellations of Grus and Pavo. |
| Visible between latitudes: +25 and -90 degrees |
| Best season: Autumn |
| Seen in three seasons: Summer, Autumn, and Winter |
| Best seen in: September |
| Seen between: August and October |
| Right Ascension (RA): 21 hour |
| Declination (DEC): -55 degrees |
| Area (square degrees): 294 (49th) |
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Indus (The Indian)
- A small constellation representing an American Indian.
o - Indus does not contain any bright stars; Alpha Indi is the brightest star in Indus – orange giant star of magnitude +3.1.
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Messier Objects in Indus
| No Messier objects in Indus |
| s. |
More objects in Indus
| Select Catalog | No of Objects |
| Barnard (B) | 0x object |
| Caldwell (C) | 0x object |
| Collinder (Cr) | 0x object |
| New General Catalogue (NGC) | 44x objects |
| Index Catalogue (IC) | 45x objects |
| Sharpless (Sh2) | 0x object |
Features of Interest
- IC 5152 – Irregular Galaxy; one of the easiest galaxies to resolve into stars, but there is a bright foreground star right in front of it that makes deep observations difficult.
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Named Stars
- Indi
- more list of stars in Indus.
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IAU Sky Chart: Indus
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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
– never seen from the UK
| Apus | Ara | Caelum | Carina | Centaurus | Chameleon |
| Corona Australis | Crux | Dorado | Grus | Horologium | Hydrus |
| Indus | Mensa | Octans | Pavo | Phoenix | Pictor |
| Reticulum | Telescopium | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Vela | Volans |
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