Indus



Indus is a southern constellation which appears highest in the midnight sky in the months around August.

Representing an Indian, it is among the twelve constellations introduced by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, which first appeared on star maps in 1598.

Its brightest two stars are of third magnitude, but it does not have any bright deep sky objects.

In the Indian constellation system, Indus is called ಸಿಂಧು (Sindhu)

Indus contains:
  • Stars
    • α-Ind (mag 3.1)
    • β-Ind (mag 3.6)
    • δ-Ind (mag 4.4)
    • θ-Ind (mag 4.5)
    • η-Ind (mag 4.5)
    • ε-Ind (mag 4.7)
    • ζ-Ind (mag 4.9)
    • ι-Ind (mag 5.1)
    • μ-Ind (mag 5.2)
    • ν-Ind (mag 5.3)
    • O-Ind (mag 5.5)
    • HD 217831 (mag 5.5)
    • HD 212728 (mag 5.6)
    • κ-Ind (mag 5.6)
    • HD 207229 (mag 5.6)
    • HD 202103 (mag 5.7)
    • HD 199623 (mag 5.8)
    • HD 212211 (mag 5.8)
    • HD 207964 (mag 5.9)
    • HD 208796 (mag 6.0)
    • HD 206399 (mag 6.0)
    • ρ-Ind (mag 6.1)
    • γ-Ind (mag 6.1)
    • HD 219644 (mag 6.1)
    • BG Ind (mag 6.1)
  • Open Clusters
    • IC 5079
  • Globular Clusters
    • None
  • Galaxy

View Indus in 3D


Source: Wikipedia, in-the-sky.org
Image Courtesy: Sky&Telescope & IAU, Illustration Images linked from Urania's Mirror on Wikmedia Commons by Sidney Hall


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