Its story
Alp Ind has a visual magnitude of about 2.85: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Alp Ind: right ascension 20h 37m 34s, declination −47° 17′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Indus constellation (IAU figure Ind).
Alp Ind. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 101772, HD 196171, Gaia DR3 6674382927491854848. In the SkyKeepsake Indus (Ind) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 101772
- Right ascension
- 20h 37m 34s
- Declination
- −47° 17′ 28″
- Magnitude
- 2.85
- Distance
- ≈ 99.1 ly
Data: gaia-dr3