Beta Indi, an orange bright giant star in Indus
Beta Indi is an orange bright giant star in the constellation Indus. At 611 light years away, it is the 348th brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 3.67.
Beta Indi (HIP 103227)
Beta Indi is an orange bright giant star in the constellation Indus. At 611 light years away, it is the 348th brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 3.67. Beta Indi is the primary component of a multiple-star system. The iron abundance of Beta Indi is -0.15 (70.8% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 29.4 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 20,900 and 23,800 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
Sky position: RA 20h 54.8m, Dec -58° 27'
Common designations: Beta Indi, HIP 103227, HD 198700, HR 7986
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Brightest stars in Indus:
(list all)
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 1 | 3.11 | Alpha Indi |
2
| 3.67
) Beta Indi
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 3 | 4.39 | Theta Indi |
| 4 | 4.40 | Delta Indi |
| 5 | 4.51 | Eta Indi |
| 6 | 4.69 | Epsilon Indi |
| 7 | 4.90 | Zeta Indi |
| 8 | 5.06 | Iota Indi |
| 9 | 5.17 | Mu Indi |
| 10 | 5.28 | Nu Indi |
| 11 | 5.52 | Omicron Indi |
| 12 | 5.53 | HR 8769 |
| 13 | 5.56 | HR 8547 |
| 14 | 5.62 | HR 8331 |
| 15 | 5.62 | Kappa-2 Indi |
| 16 | 5.73 | HR 8114 |
| 17 | 5.76 | HR 8027 |
Galactic Orbit of Beta Indi
(compared to the Sun)
E
ccentricity: 6.5% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : -156.3°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 6,861 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 6,846 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 448 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 6,831 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 6,413 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 7,308 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for Beta Indi
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 313.70241499° ±0.11 mas | 20.78 ±0.14 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | -58.45409481° ±0.10 mas | -25.19 ±0.13 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 338.15778196° | -28.73 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | -38.85258723° | -15.53 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 5.33 ± 0.16 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: K1II 1975MSS...C01....0H.
Radial Velocity: -4.90 ±0.70 km/s [A rating] 2006AstL...32..759G.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
-0.15 ±0.07 dex
1986A&A...169..201G.
Photometry
| band | magnitude | Abs. Mag. |
| U | ||
| B | 4.92 | -1.44 |
| V | 3.67 | -2.69 |
| R | ||
| I | 2.68 | -3.68 |
| J | 1.77 | -4.60 |
| H | 1.19 | -5.17 |
| K | 1.10 | -5.26 |
B-V: +1.25 V-I: +0.99
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 187.41 pc (3.0% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,266 pc
Transverse velocity: 29.0 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | 135.5 pc | -54.3 pc | -117.6 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | -21.1 km/s | -19.0 km/s | -7.7 km/s |