G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Rho Ind

87.2 lybrightness mag 6.04G4IV-V

Also catalogued as HR 8701 · HD 216437 · HIP 113137

5,742 K

temperature

6.04

apparent magnitude

2.39× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G4IV-V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

87 years

at light speed from Earth

0.99×

as hot as the Sun

2.39×

the Sun's light output

3.90

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Rho IndG-type

Sky regionIndusthis direction

StarNu Ind8.2 ly

StarGliese Gl 855.1B8.7 ly

StarHR 852614 ly

StarAlp Indstar

StarBet Indstar

Nearest stars

Nu Ind →8.2 ly apart
Gliese Gl 855.1B →8.7 ly apart
HR 8526 →14 ly apart
Danfeng →16 ly apart
Gam Tuc →21 ly apart
Nu Oct →22 ly apart

Bright stars in Indus

Alp Ind →mag 3.1
Bet Ind →mag 3.7
The Ind →mag 4.4
Del Ind →mag 4.4
Eta Ind →mag 4.5
Eps Ind →mag 4.7
Zet Ind →mag 4.9
Iot Ind →mag 5.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Indus

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.