Constellation Chart

The Indian

Just a century after Columbus' discovery of America, Johann Bayer named this region of the southern sky after the native peoples of the New World. Perhaps the best known of Indus' stars is Epsilon Indi, which lies just 12 light years from the Sun.

The constellation has little more than a few binaries, and one of the closest stars to our Solar System.

As it closely matches our own sun, Epsilon Indi has been studied as a possible candidate for planets, however none have yet been found circling the star.

Galaxies In Indus

IC 5152

Galaxy IC 5152 in the constellation of indus.

NGC 7041

Galaxy NGC 7041 in the constellation of indus.

NGC 7090

Galaxy NGC 7090 in the constellation of indus.

Planetary Destinations In Indus

Rho Indi (HD 216437)

Parent Star: rho Indi (HD 216437) (G4 IV-V) in the constellation of Indus is located at a distance of 86.43 Light Years from our Solar system Co-ordinates are Right Ascension: 22 54 39.4833 & Declination: -70 04 25.352 . The apparent Magnitude of the star is 6.064. The Inner Edge of Habitability Zone is 0.79 AU & the Outer Edge of Habitability Zone: 2.47 AU. Orbiting around HD 216437 is planet HD 216437 b It is believed to be a Water Cloud Jovian, Eccentric and its exitence has been confirmed. The Planets Appearance is White water ice clouds. The planet is positioned just out side the habitability zone at a Mean Orbital Distance of 2.7 AU . The planet Orbits around the star every 1294 Days and was discovered by H.R.A.Jones on 13 Jun 2002.