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The Persian

Alpha Indi

Orange Star in Indus

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Proper Name	The Persian
Bayer Designation	Alpha Indi
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	7869
HD	196171
Constellation	Indus
Right Ascension	20h 37m 34s
Declination	-47° 17' 29"
Distance	98 light years 30 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +3.1 Absolute: +0.7
Spectral Class	K0 Orange Giant
Optimum Visibility	August (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	Persian (or more fully 'The Persian') is an orange star lying northward from bright blue Peacock in Pavo. The primary star of the system is a massive metal-rich giant which has at least two companion stars, apparently red dwarfs, tracing millennia-long orbits around it.

Relative Galactic Position of Alpha Indi

The galactic position and direction of Persian relative to Earth's Sun. Note that, at this extreme scale, the two stars are effectively in the same place.

This orange giant is brightest of the stars in the constellation of Indus, with an apparent magnitude of +3.1. It lies just under one hundred light years from the Earth.

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