Alpha Indi

{{Starbox begin

| name=α Indi

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{{Starbox image

| image=

{{Location mark

|image=Indus constellation map.svg|alt=|float=center|width=220

|label=|position=right

|mark=Red circle.svg|mark_width=10|mark_link=α Ind

|x=844|y=256

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|caption=Location of α Indi (circled)

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{{Starbox observe

| epoch = J2000

| equinox = J2000

| constell = Indus

| ra = {{RA|20|37|34.032}}

| dec = {{DEC|–47|17|29.4052}}

| appmag_v = 3.11

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{{Starbox astrometry

| radial_v = −1.3

| prop_mo_ra = +50.922

| prop_mo_dec = +66.026

| pm_footnote = {{Cite Gaia DR3|6674382927491854848}}

| parallax = 32.8989

| p_error = 0.2225

| parallax_footnote =

| dist_footnote =

| absmag_v = {{val|0.78|0.03}}

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{{Starbox character

| type = between subgiant and giant star

| class = K0 III–IV

| b-v = +1.00

| u-b = +0.79

| variable =

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{{Starbox detail

| source =

| mass = {{val|2.15|0.13}}

| radius = {{val|9.89|0.21}}

| luminosity = {{val|50.9|1.6}}

| temperature = {{val|4904|37}}

| gravity = {{val|2.73|0.094}}

| metal_fe = {{val|-0.038|0.029}}

| age_gyr = {{val|1.572|0.273}}

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{{Starbox catalog

| names=HD 196171, HR 7869, SAO 230300, FK5 769, CD −47 13477, HIP 101772. }}

{{Starbox reference

| Simbad=alf%20Ind

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Alpha Indi (α Ind, α Indi) is the brightest star in the southern constellation Indus. Parallax measurements imply that it is located about 100 light years from Earth. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.22, being readily visible to the naked eye, and has an absolute magnitude of +0.78.

Characteristics

The stellar classification of Alpha Indi is K0 III-IV, meaning that it has exhausted the hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence, being now halfway between a subgiant and a giant star. It is estimated to be 1.6 billion years old, has 2.15 times the mass of the Sun, but has expanded to 9.9 times the radius of the Sun and irradiates 51 times its luminosity. The effective temperature of its photosphere is 4,900 K, giving it the characteristic orange hue of a K-type star. It may have two nearby M-type companion stars, which are located at least 2,000 AU from the primary.

Nomenclature

Alpha Indi is the star's Bayer designation. In China, this star is called Pe Sze where it also was known as the Persian, a title from the Jesuit missionaries.[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Indus*.html Star Name - R.H.Allen p. 246] The term Pe Sze is from the name of asterism {{lang|zh|波斯}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Bō Sī}}, {{langx|en|Persia}}). In Chinese astronomy, consequently, α Indi itself is known as {{lang|zh|波斯二}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Bō Sī èr}}, {{langx|en|the Second Star of Persia}}){{in lang|zh}} [http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060730.html AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 30 日] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522124207/http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0607/ap060730.html |date=2011-05-22 }})

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Category:Indus (constellation)

Category:K-type giants

Category:Durchmusterung objects