K-type star · orange

Zeta Ind

Zeta Ind is an orange in the constellation Indus 413 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,803 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 153× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 413 years ago.

413 lybrightness mag 4.90K5III

Also catalogued as HR 7952 · HD 198048 · HIP 102790

3,803 K
temperature
4.90
apparent magnitude
153× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
413 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
153×
the Sun's light output
-0.61
absolute magnitude
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Zeta IndK-type
Sky regionIndusthis direction
StarHR 798748 ly
StarHD 19590256 ly
StarTheta² Mic62 ly
StarAlpha Indstar
StarBeta Indstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Indus
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.