BG-Ind (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , BG-Ind is not observable because it lies so far south that it never rises above the horizon.

Name BG-Ind
Object type Star
Other names
BG Ind
κ-Ind
Kappa Indi
HR 8369[1]
HD 208496
HIP 108478[3]
TYC 8820-477-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 6410494364389396992[4]
Position
Right ascension:21h58m30s [4]
Declination:-59°00'43" [4]
Constellation:Indus
Magnitude:
Variable
6.15 (V) [2]
6.70 (BT) [2]
6.20 (VT) [2]
6.02 (G) [4]
6.27 (BP) [4]
5.65 (RP) [4]
Distance:51.4 parsec
167.7 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.43
Proper motion (speed):30.6 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):9.3°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):2.59

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